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QUAVER
quaver
(noun) a tremulous sound
warble, trill, quaver
(verb) sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
quaver, waver
(verb) give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quaver (plural quavers)
A trembling shake.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
Verb
quaver (third-person singular simple present quavers, present participle quavering, simple past and past participle quavered)
To shake in a trembling manner.
(intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
(transitive) To utter quaveringly.
Source: Wiktionary
Qua"ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Quavering.] Etym: [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
Qua"ver, v. t.
Definition: To utter with quavers. We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera. Addison.
Qua"ver, n.
1. A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: An eighth note. See Eighth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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