quaver
intransitive verb
- to shake or tremble
- to be tremulous: said of the voice
- Music to make a trill or trills in singing or playing
transitive verb
- to utter in a tremulous voice
- Music to sing or play with a trill or trills
noun
- a tremulous quality in a voice or tone
- Brit. eighth note
See quaver in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kwāˈvər)
verb qua·vered,
qua·ver·ing,
qua·vers verb, intransitive- To quiver, as from weakness; tremble.
- To speak in a quivering voice; utter a quivering sound.
- Music To produce a trill on an instrument or with the voice.
verb, transitive To utter or sing in a trilling voice.
noun- A quivering sound.
- A trill.
- Chiefly British An eighth note.
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