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1. (v.i.) quaver
to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble.
2. quaver
to sound, speak, or sing tremulously.
3. quaver
to perform trills in music.
4. (v.t.) quaver
to utter, say, or sing with a quavering voice.
5. (n.) quaver
a quivering or trembling, esp. in the voice.
6. quaver
a quavering tone or utterance.
Etymology: (1400–50; appar. freq. of ME quaven to tremble, shake)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) quaver
a tremulous sound
2. (verb) eighth note, quaver
a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
3. (verb) quaver, waver
give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
4. (verb) warble, trill, quaver
sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) quaver
a shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music
2. (noun) quaver
an eighth note. See Eighth
3. (verb) quaver
to tremble; to vibrate; to shake
4. (verb) quaver
especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument
5. (verb) quaver
to utter with quavers
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Sense: (especially of a sound or a person's voice) to shake or tremble
The old man's voice quavered.
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 Afrikaans: beef, bewe |
 Arabic: يتَهَدَّج الصَّوْت |
 Bulgarian: треперя |
 Brazilian: tremer |
 Czech: chvět se |
 German: zittern |
 Danish: skælve |
 Greek: τρεμουλιάζω |
 Spanish: temblar; vibrar |
 Estonian: värisema |
 Farsi: لرزیدن |
 Finnish: värisyttää |
 French: chevroter |
 Hebrew: רֶטֶט |
 Hindi: कांपते हुए गाना |
 Croatian: podrhtavati |
 Hungarian: reszket |
 Indonesian: bergetar |
 Icelandic: titra, skjálfa |
 Italian: tremare, tremolare |
 Japanese: 震える |
 Korean: 부들부들 떨다 |
 Lithuanian: drebėti, virpėti |
 Latvian: trīsēt; drebēt |
 Malay: bergetar |
 Dutch: beven |
 Norwegian: dirre, vibrere |
 Polish: drżeć |
 Persian: لرزیدن |
 Pashto: ښوريدل، ريږديدل، لړزيدل: |
 Portuguese: tremer |
 Romanian: a tremura |
 Russian: дрожать |
 Slovak: chvieť sa |
 Slovenian: tresti se |
 Serbian: drhtati |
 Swedish: darra, skälva |
 Thai: เสียงสั่น |
 Turkish: titremek |
 Taiwanese: (聲音)顫抖 |
 Ukrainian: тремтіти |
 Urdu: آواز کا لرزنا |
 Vietnamese: sự rung tiếng |
 Chinese: （声音）颤抖 |
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