Quiver - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkwɪvər|
Brit.
|ˈkwɪvə|
noun
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright (syn: chill, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle)
- a shaky motion (syn: palpitation, quivering, shaking, trembling, vibration)
- case for holding arrows
- the act of vibrating (syn: quivering, vibration)
- a shaky motion (syn: palpitation, quivering, shaking, trembling, vibration)
- case for holding arrows
- the act of vibrating (syn: quivering, vibration)
verb
- shake with fast, tremulous movements (syn: palpitate, quake)
- move back and forth very rapidly (syn: flicker, flitter, flutter, waver)
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion (syn: beat, pulsate)
- move back and forth very rapidly (syn: flicker, flitter, flutter, waver)
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion (syn: beat, pulsate)
Extra examples
Her lips quivered when she heard the bad news.
...aspen leaves quivering in the breeze...
The children waited outside the school, quivering with cold.
The child was quivering in her arms.
Her mouth quivered slightly as she turned away.
I lay there quivering with fear.
His voice was quivering with rage.
I felt a quiver of excitement run through me.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: quiver
he/she/it: quivers
present participle: quivering
past tense: quivered
past participle: quivered
I/you/we/they: quiver
he/she/it: quivers
present participle: quivering
past tense: quivered
past participle: quivered
noun
singular: quiver
plural: quivers
singular: quiver
plural: quivers
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