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- Dictionaryquivering/ˈkwiv(ə)riNG/
adjective
- 1. trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion: "a man with a quivering voice"
noun
- 1. the action of trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion: "to minimize her quivering, she pressed her chin against her chest"
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QUIVERING definition: 1. present participle of quiver 2. to shake slightly, often because of strong emotion: . Learn more.
Quivering definition: trembling or shaking with a slight, rapid motion, or seeming to tremble or shake: The sun climbed higher and movement ceased. See examples of QUIVERING used in a sentence.
: the act or action of quivering : tremor. Synonyms. Verb. agitate. bucket. convulse. jerk. jiggle. joggle. jolt. jounce. judder [chiefly British] quake.
Quivering means trembling. If your dog begins quivering with fear whenever someone knocks on your door, he's not much use as a guard dog. When something's shaking gently, like a candle flame shivering slightly in a breeze, you can describe it as quivering.
a slight shake, often because of strong emotion: The opening bars of the music sent a quiver of excitement through the crowd. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of quiver from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Synonyms for QUIVERING: trembling, shaking, trembly, shuddering, shaky, shivering, tremulous, quaking; Antonyms of QUIVERING: stable, steady, controlled, firm, settled
1. A portable case for holding arrows. 2. A case full of arrows. 3. A collection or store; arsenal: a quiver of ready responses. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman quiveir, variant of Old French cuivre, from Old Low Franconian cocar, probably from Medieval Latin cucurum, probably from Hunnish; akin to Mongolian kökür.]
