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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024quiv•er1 /ˈkwɪvɚ/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to shake with a slight but rapid motion;
tremble:The dog quivered with excitement. n. [countable] - the act or state of quivering.
quiv•er•y, adj. quiv•er2 /ˈkwɪvɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a case for holding or carrying arrows.
- the arrows in such a case.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quiv•er1 (kwiv′ər),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. - to shake with a slight but rapid motion;
vibrate tremulously;
tremble.
n. - the act or state of quivering;
a tremble or tremor.
- 1480–90; origin, originally uncertain; compare Middle Dutch quiveren to tremble
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged quake, shudder, shiver. See shake.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged shudder, shiver, shake.
quiv•er2 (kwiv′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a case for holding or carrying arrows.
- the arrows in such a case.
- Gmc; compare Old English cocer quiver
- Anglo-French quiveir, variant of Old French quivre; perh.
- Middle English 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quiver /ˈkwɪvə/ vb - (intransitive) to shake with a rapid tremulous movement; tremble
n - the state, process, or noise of shaking or trembling
Etymology: 15th Century: from obsolete cwiver quick, nimble; compare quaverˈquivering adj ˈquivery adj quiver /ˈkwɪvə/ n - a case for arrows
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French cuivre; related to Old English cocer, Old Saxon kokari, Old High German kohhari, Medieval Latin cucurum |