Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
quiver
IPA transcription: [kw'ɪvɚ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
Meaning:
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
quiver, quake, palpitate
Meaning:
shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"
Synonyms:
flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
Meaning:
move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
Usage examples
He felt the quiver of war desire.
Every nerve seemed to quiver with weariness.
"Dolly!" he repeated, with a quiver in his voice.
He saw the eyelids of the one he loved quiver slightly.
Her eyes gleam, and her thin lips quiver with insatiable desire.
"To earn it?" said Don Diego, and the watchful blue eyes did not miss the quiver that ran through him.
"And it's ever so far," cried Polly, in despair, as she saw the small under lip of the child begin to quiver.
Without so much as the quiver of an eyelash, Anthony Dexter could tell a man that within an hour his wife would be dead.
"It is passing queer," Smee said, and they all fidgeted uncomfortably. Hook raised his voice, but there was a quiver in it.
But Heracles by the might of his arms pulled the weary rowers along all together, and made the strong-knit timbers of the ship to quiver.