Quavering

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quavering
       adj : (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old
             lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous
             voice" [syn: {tremulous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "quavering":
     ague, aspen, blurred, breathy, bumpiness, chattering, choked,
     choking, chorea, cold shivers, croaking, didder, disquiet,
     disquietude, dithers, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, fidgetiness,
     fidgets, fits and starts, flutter, guttural, harsh, hawking,
     heaving, hoarse, inarticulate, indistinct, inquietude, jactation,
     jactitation, jerkiness, joltiness, lisping, mispronounced, muzzy,
     nasal, palpitation, palsied, palsy, panting, pitapat,
     pitter-patter, quaking, quaver, quavery, quiver, quivering,
     quivery, restlessness, shakes, shaking, shaky, shiver, shivering,
     shivers, shivery, shudder, shuddering, snuffling, spasms, stifled,
     strangled, succussatory, succussion, succussive, thick, throaty,
     throb, throbbing, tremble, trembling, trembly, tremor, tremulous,
     tremulousness, trepidation, trepidity, twangy, twitter, unrest,
     velar, vibrating, vibration, wobbly