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Webster 1913 Edition
Quaver
Qua′ver
,Verb.
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.
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
Qua′ver
,Verb.
T.
To utter with quavers.
We shall hear her
quavering
them . . . to some sprightly airs of the opera. Addison.
Qua′ver
,Noun.
1.
A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quaver
QUA'VER
, v.i.1.
To shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid vibrations, as in singing; to sing with tremulous modulations of voice.2.
To tremble; to vibrate.The finger - moved with a quavering motion.
QUA'VER
,Noun.
1.
A shake or rapid vibration of the voice, or a shake on an instrument of music.2.
A note and measure of time in music, equal to half a crotchet or the eighth of a semibreve.Definition 2024
quaver
quaver
English
An eighth note with stem facing up, an eighth note with stem facing down, and a quaver rest.
Noun
quaver (plural quavers)
- a trembling shake.
- a trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
- (music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
Related terms
Translations
a trembling shake
a trembling of the voice
(music) an eighth note
See also
Verb
quaver (third-person singular simple present quavers, present participle quavering, simple past and past participle quavered)
- to shake in a trembling manner.
- (intransitive) to use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
- (transitive) To utter quaveringly.
- Addison
- We shall hear her quavering them […] to some sprightly airs of the opera.
- Addison
Translations
to use the voice in a trembling manner
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