Definitions for quiver
ˈkwɪv ərquiver

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tinglenoun

   an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

   "a frisson of surprise shot through him"

2. shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitationnoun

   a shaky motion

   "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"

3. quivernoun

   case for holding arrows

4. vibration, quiver, quiveringverb

   the act of vibrating

5. quiver, quake, palpitateverb

   shake with fast, tremulous movements

   "His nostrils palpitated"

6. flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiververb

   move back and forth very rapidly

   "the candle flickered"

7. pulsate, beat, quiververb

   move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

   "the city pulsated with music and excitement"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quiveradjective

   Nimble; active.

   There was a little quiver fellow, and he would manage you his piece thus; and he would about and about. William Shakespeare.

2. QUIVERnoun

   A case for arrows.

   Etymology: this word seems to be corrupted from couvrir, Fr. or cover.

   As Dianne hunted on a day,
   She chanc’d to come where Cupid lay,
   His quiver by his head,
   One of his shafts she stole away,
   And one of hers did close convey
   Into the other’s stead;
   With that love wounded my love’s heart,
   But Dianne beasts with Cupid’s dart. Edmund Spenser.

   Diana’s nymphs would be arrayed in white, their arms and shoulders naked, bows in their hands, and quivers by their sides. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

   Her sounding quiver on her shoulder ty’d,
   One hand a dart, and one a bow supply’d. Dryden.

3. To Quiververb

   1. To quake; to play with a tremulous motion.

   The birds chaunt melody on every bush,
   The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. William Shakespeare.

   O’er the pommel cast the knight,
   Forward he flew, and pitching on his head,
   He quiver’d with his feet, and lay for dead. Dryden.

   With what a spring his furious soul broke loose,
   And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. Addison.

   Eurydice with quiv’ring voice he mourn’d,
   And Heber’s banks Eurydice return’d. John Gay, Trivia.

   Dancing sun beams on the waters play’d,
   And verdant alders form’d a quiv’ring shade. Alexander Pope.

   The dying gales that pant upon the trees,
   The lakes that quiver to the curling breeze. Alexander Pope.

   2. To shiver; to shudder.

   Zelmane would have put to her helping hand, but she was taken with such a quivering, that she thought it more wisdom to lean herself to a tree and look on. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quiver

   A quiver is a container for holding arrows, bolts, ammo, projectiles, darts, or javelins. It can be carried on an archer's body, the bow, or the ground, depending on the type of shooting and the archer's personal preference. Quivers were traditionally made of leather, wood, furs, and other natural materials, but are now often made of metal or plastic.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quiver

   A quiver is a container or case for carrying arrows. In a more broad context, it can also be defined as shivering or trembling from fear or cold. In mathematics, particularly in graph theory, a quiver is a directed graph where multiple arrows (edges) between two points are allowed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quiveradjective

   nimble; active

2. Quiververb

   to shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver

3. Quivernoun

   the act or state of quivering; a tremor

4. Quivernoun

   a case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person

5. Etymology: [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum, fr. OHG. chohhri quiver, receptacle, G. kcher quiver; akin to AS. cocor, cocur, cocer, D. koker. Cf. Cocker a high shoe.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Quiver

   A quiver is a container for arrows, bolts, or darts. Quivers can be attached in various positions on an archer's body, the bow, or the ground, depending on the type of shooting and the archer's personal preference. Quivers were traditionally made of leather, wood, furs, and other natural materials, but are now often made of metal or plastic.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quiver

   kwiv′ėr, adj. (Shak.) nimble, active.

2. Quiver

   kwiv′ėr, n. a case for arrows.—adj. Quiv′ered, furnished with a quiver: sheathed, as in a quiver. [O. Fr. cuivre; from Old High Ger. kohhar (Ger. köcher); cog. with A.S. cocer.]

3. Quiver

   kwiv′ėr, v.i. to shake with slight and tremulous motion: to tremble: to shiver.—ns. Quiv′er, Quiv′ering, a tremulous motion, shiver.—adv. Quiv′eringly, with quivering.—adj. Quiv′erish, tremulous. [A.S. cwifer, seen in adv. cwiferlíce, eagerly. Cf. Quick and Quaver.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. quiver

   A case or sheath for arrows.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. QUIVER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Quiver is ranked #91981 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Quiver surname appeared 200 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Quiver.
   
   85% or 170 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   6% or 12 total occurrences were Black.
   5.5% or 11 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Case
   • Fear
   • Motion
   • Move
   • Move Back And Forth
   • Tremble

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How to pronounce quiver?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say quiver in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of quiver in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of quiver in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of quiver in a Sentence

1. Dan Bienvenue:

   We need every arrow in the quiver we can get, and private debt is one of the critical ones, there isn't a no-risk choice.

2. Manesh Patel:

   We continue to see that if we can lower your LDL significantly, we improve people’s cardiovascular health. And so we need as many different arrows in our quiver to try to get that done.

3. D. H. Lawrence:

   We and the cosmos are one. The cosmos is a vast body, of which we are still parts. The sun is a great heart whose tremors run through our smallest veins. The moon is a great gleaming nerve-centre from which we quiver forever. Who knows the power that Saturn has over us or Venus But it is a vital power, rippling exquisitely through us all the time... Now all this is literally true, as men knew in the great past and as they will know again.

4. Thomas Russo:

   I am delighted with the increased commitment to share repurchases, it may be a very large arrow in Berkshire's quiver to increase intrinsic value on a per-share basis.

5. Tim Feldmann:

   I quiver a bit when hearing of the lax usage of the word 'yoga' these days, a yoga studio down the road from us here in Miami offers 'yoga booty ballet'. In my ear, that is obviously an only commercial aspirational use of the word.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quiver
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=quiver
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiver
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiver
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=quiver
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=quiver
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=quiver