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verb (used without object)
1.
to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
3.
to perform trills in singing or on a musical instrument.
verb (used with object)
4.
to utter, say, or sing with a quavering or tremulous voice.
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Quavered
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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noun
5.
a quavering or tremulous shake, especially in the voice.
6.
a quavering tone or utterance.
7.
Music (chiefly British). an eighth note.
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Example Sentences
- Voices quavered and faltered, rang with force and hope.
- Stuart let her body shake and her fingers tremble while her voice quavered and wailed.
- Because his voice quavered and his eyes glistened, it did not seem a good time to ask who he was and where he was from.
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Word Origin & History
quaver
"to vibrate, tremble," early 15c., probably frequentative of cwavien "to tremble, shake" (early 13c.), probably related to Low Ger. quabbeln "tremble," possibly of imitative origin. Meaning "sing in trills or quavers" first recorded 1538. The noun meaning "musical note" is first recorded 1570.
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