n. In colonial furniture, a sort of hood or head-piece found on high cupboards and the like: probably derived from a French type.n. A shaking or quivering caused by some external impulse; a close succession of short vibratory or modulatory movements; a state of trembling in a living object or substance: as, the tremor of the aspen-leaf.n. An involuntary or convulsive muscular shaking, quaking, or quivering, as from weakness, disorder, or emotion.n. A trembling, quivering, or quavering quality or effect: as, a tremor of light.n. Synonyms Trepidation, Emotion, etc. (see agitation), quiver, quivering, quaking. See trepidation.