Quaver \Qua"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quavered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Quavering.] [OE. quaven to shake, to tremble; cf. LG.
quabbeln to shake, to be soft, of fat substances, quabbe a
fat lump of flesh, a dewlap, D. kwabbe, and E. quiver, v.]
1. To tremble; to vibrate; to shake. --Sir I. Newton.
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2. 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
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
quavering
adj : (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old
lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous
voice" [syn: tremulous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "quavering":
ague, aspen, blurred, breathy, bumpiness, chattering, choked,
choking, chorea, cold shivers, croaking, didder, disquiet,
disquietude, dithers, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, fidgetiness,
fidgets, fits and starts, flutter, guttural, harsh, hawking,
heaving, hoarse, inarticulate, indistinct, inquietude, jactation,
jactitation, jerkiness, joltiness, lisping, mispronounced, muzzy,
nasal, palpitation, palsied, palsy, panting, pitapat,
pitter-patter, quaking, quaver, quavery, quiver, quivering,
quivery, restlessness, shakes, shaking, shaky, shiver, shivering,
shivers, shivery, shudder, shuddering, snuffling, spasms, stifled,
strangled, succussatory, succussion, succussive, thick, throaty,
throb, throbbing, tremble, trembling, trembly, tremor, tremulous,
tremulousness, trepidation, trepidity, twangy, twitter, unrest,
velar, vibrating, vibration, wobbly
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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