Thesaurus: quiver

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1. a. Nimble; active.
2. v. i. To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
3. n. The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
4. n. A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
5. n. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
6. n. a shaky motion
7. n. case for holding arrows
8. n. the act of vibrating
9. v. shake with fast, tremulous movements
10. v. move back and forth very rapidly
11. v. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
12. Nimble; active. [Obs.] " A little quiver fellow." Shak. To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. Shak. And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. Addison. The act or state of quivering; a tremor. A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person. Reside him hung his bow And quiver, with three-bolted thunder stored. Milton.