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Definition: Quaver |
QuaverNoun1. A tremulous sound. 2. A musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note. Verb1. Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency. 2. Sing with trills. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quaver" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
Synonyms: QuaverSynonyms: eighth note (n), trill (v), warble (v), waver (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Verb: be agitated; shake; tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf; quiver, quaver, quake, shiver, twitter, twire, writhe, toss, shuffle, tumble, stagger, bob, reel, sway, wag, waggle; wriggle, wriggle like an eel; dance, stumble, shamble, flounder, totter, flounce, flop, curvet, prance, cavort; squirm. |
Noun: agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; jactitation, quassation; shuffling c. Verb: twitter, flicker, flutter. | |
Evolution | Fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake; quiver, quaver; shake, flicker; wriggle; roll, toss, pitch; flounder, stagger, totter; move up and down, bob up and down; AdVerb: pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go; vacillate; teeter. |
Fear | Tremble, shake; shiver, shiver in one's shoes; shudder, flutter; shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over; quake, quaver, quiver, quail. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Quaver |
| English words defined with "quaver": Croma ♦ Demiquaver ♦ Eighth note ♦ Quap, Quave, Quavered. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "quaver": AUTEM QUAVER TUB ♦ EXAMINER, QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "quaver": Quob. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Play | Caption |
 | Agitate; alternate; bob; bounce; buffet; flap; flicker; fluctuate; flutter; heave; jerk; jounce; oscillate; palpitate; pitch; pound; pulsate; pulse; quake; quaver; quiver; ripple; shake; shiver; swing; thrill; throb; thump; tremble; twitch; undulate; vibr. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Quaver" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "Quaver" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 30 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "quaver": a dot ted quaver ♦ quaver rest ♦ with a quaver in one's voice. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "quaver": quaver-beats. | |
Ending with "quaver": demi-semi-quaver, semi-quaver. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quaver | 2 |
quaver walker | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "quaver"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | notë tetëshe, dridhje zëri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غنى بتهدج, غنى بصوت مرتعش, تهدج (waver), تحدث بصوت مهزوز, ذات السن نغمة موسيقية خاصة, إرتعاش (flutter, quiver, shake, shaking, trembling, tremor, twitch, twitter, wobble), إرتعش (be shocked, bicker, flutter, jerk, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle, tremble, twitch, waver, wobble), إرتجف (chill, dither, jar, palpitate, quail, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble), إرتجاف (dither, quiver, shudder, stirring, throb, trembling, tremor, twitter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разтреперан глас, тремоло (judder, tremolo, trill), тремолирам, треперя (cower, dither, jitter, judder, niddle-noddle, palpitate, pulsate, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, thrill, tremble, tremor, vibrate, waver), треперене на гласа, казвам с разтреперан глас, осминка нота. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 八分音符 (eighth note). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | trylkovat (trill, warble), trylek (trill), třaslavý zvuk, třást se (dodder, quail, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, vibrate, wobble), osminová nota, chvìt se (flutter, judder, pulsate, quail, quake, quiver, shake, shudder, tingle, tremble, vibrate, waver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لرزش وتحریرصدادراواز, ارتعاش داشتن (Vibrate), ارتعاش (Quiver, Shake, Shiver, Shudder, Tremble, Vibration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | trembler (quail, quake, quiver), tremblement (quake, quiver), parler d'une voix tremblotante, croche, chevroter, chevrotement (quavering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zittern (dodder, flicker, jitter, oscillate, oscillation, palpitate, palpitation, quail, quake, quaking, quavering, quiver, quivering, shake, shakiness, shaking, shiver, shivering, shudder, sweat, throb, to jitter, to shake (shook, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidation, vibrate, waver, wobble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τρέμω (dodder, flicker, quake, quiver, shiver, tremble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לרטוט (palpitate, quake, shudder, tremble), שמי ית תו. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | trilla (shake, thrill, trill), nyolcad hangjegy, hangrezgés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | getaran (frequency, gyration, pulsation, quiver, shock, trill, vibration), gemetar (dodder, oscillate, thrill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vibrare (brandish, chatter, flicker, hurl, jar, oscillate, thrill, throb, twang, vibrate), v. tremare, trillo (beep, chirr, ring, roulade, trill), croma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | craa (bestrew, brandish, dither, dodder, flicker, flutter, jog, jolt, judder, ring, rustle, shake, shiver, shock, sprinkle, toss, toss of head, tremble, vibrate, warble, wave, wave of hand), cammane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | vibrere (quiver), skjelving (quake, quiver), skjelve (quake, quiver), åttendedelsnote. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | averquay trilar (trill), tremer (chitter, dither, dodder, flicker, flutter, knock, niddle-noddle, nutate, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, tremble), trêmulo da voz, requebro, garganteio, gargantear, garganteado, colcheia, cantar fazendo trilos, cantar com voz trêmula. (various references) vibraţie (jar, oscillation, resonance, swing, tremble, vibration), vibra (flutter, joggle, jolt, oscillate, pulsate, pulse, quiver, rock, throb, vibrate), tremura (cower, dither, falter, flicker, palpitate, quail, quake, quiver, reel, ripple, rock, shake, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobble), tremur (flicker, palpitation, quiver, shake, shimmy, shudder, thrill, tremble, trembling, tremor), tremolo. (various references) трель (mordent, shake, trill, warble), восьмая ноты, дрожание голоса (quiver). (various references) podrhtavati (dither, palpitate, thrill, tremble), podrhtavanje (palpitation, thrill, tremor), osmina. (various references) temblor (dither, jitter, quake, quiver, quivering, shake, shakiness, shiver, temblor, tremble, trembling, tremor). (various references) darra (dither, dodder, flicker, palpitate, quake, quiver, shiver, throb, tremble, wobble). (various references) tril yapmak, tril (yodel), titremek (dither, dodder, falter, flicker, flutter, jerk, judder, pulsate, pulse, quake, quiver, shake, shimmy, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobble), sesini titretmek (trill, warble), sesi titretme (shake), sekizlik nota. (various references) щебетати (babble, chatter, chirm, chirp, chirrup, tweet, twitter), тремтіти (dither, flutter, palpitate, shake, shudder), тремтіння (ballism, flicker, shudder, trembling), трель (trill, warble), говорити тремтячим голосом. (various references) sự rung tiếng. (various references) telori (warble), cwafrio (trill), cwafr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quaver": quavered, quaverer, quaverers, quavering, quaveringly, quavers, quavery. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "quaver": demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver, semiquaver. (additional references) | |
Words containing "quaver": demisemiquavers, hemidemisemiquavers, semiquavers. (additional references) | |
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"Quaver" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: qaiver, qhaver, Qiagen, quabe, quader, quaer, Quaere, quafe, quage, quager, quaiver, qualer, quape, Quaser, quater, quav, quava, quavar, quavee, quavery, quavor, quavy, quawe, quayer, quazer, queev, queve, quider, quiev, quifer, quiger, quiner, quiva, quive, quived, quivel, quiven, quivero, quivet, quivi, quivir, quivor, Quivox, quivr, quivre, quivver, quova, quove, suaver. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-q-r-u-v" | |
-1 letter: quare. | |
-2 letters: aver, rave, urea, uvea, vera. | |
-3 letters: are, ave, ear, eau, era, qua, rev, rue, var, vau. | |
-4 letters: ae, ar, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-q-r-u-v" | |
+1 letter: aquiver, quavers, quavery, vaquero. | |
+2 letters: quavered, quaverer, vaqueros. | |
+3 letters: quaverers, quavering. | |
+4 letters: semiquaver, vanquisher. | |
+5 letters: equivocator, quacksalver, quaveringly, semiquavers, vanquishers. | |
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