Thesaurus: quaver

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1. v. i. To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
2. 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
3. v. t. To utter with quavers.
4. n. A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.
5. n. An eighth note. See Eighth.
6. n. a tremulous sound
7. n. a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
8. v. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
9. v. sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
10. 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 To utter with quavers. We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera. Addison. 1. A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music. 2. (Mus.) An eighth note. See Eighth.
11. To utter with quavers.We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of theopera. Addison.
12. n:31/v:69 n. a tremulous sound v. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency