quavers
Meaning of quavers
- (of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.
his voice quavered with rage
‘I'm not safe here, am I?’ she said in a quavering voice
- a shake or tremble in a person's voice.
it was impossible to hide the slight quaver in her voice
- a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem.
late Middle English (as a verb in the general sense ‘tremble’): from dialect quave ‘quake, tremble’, probably from an Old English word related to quake. The noun is first recorded (mid 16th century) as a musical term.
Information about quavers
- The singular form of quavers is: quaver.
- Languages in which quavers is used:
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Hyphenation of quavers
qua-vers
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- quavers is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
quavers synonyms
Meaning (of a person, a part of the body, or the voice) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty:
Meaning tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion:
Meaning (of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate:
Meaning (of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly:
Meaning move continuously and rapidly to and fro:
Meaning expand and contract with strong regular movements:
Meaning move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm:
Meaning rise and fall irregularly in number or amount:
Meaning move in a quivering way; flicker:
Meaning (of water) form or flow with a series of small waves on the surface:
Meaning lose strength or momentum:
Meaning produce a quavering or warbling sound:
Meaning (of a bird) give a call consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds:
Meaning (of a bird) sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes:
Words that rhyme with quavers
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