quaver

[Qua·ver]

A quaver is a trembling or shaking sound, especially in a person's voice. When you give your first speech in front of a crowd, don't be surprised to hear a quaver in your voice.

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To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.

Noun
a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note

Noun
a tremulous sound

Verb
sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

Verb
give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency


v. i.
To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.

v. i.
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

v. t.
To utter with quavers.

n.
A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.

n.
An eighth note. See Eighth.


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. 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

Quaver

Qua"ver, v. t. To utter with quavers.
We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera.

Quaver

Qua"ver, n. 1. A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music. 2. (Mus.) An eighth note. See Eighth.

To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.

To utter with quavers.

A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.

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