quiver

Speech parts

1. quiver - Noun

2. quiver - Adjective

3. quiver - Verb

4. Quiver - Proper noun

Meaning

Nimble; active.

To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

The act or state of quivering; a tremor.

A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tingle quake shudder beat vibration shaking flicker chill trembling flutter thrill waver shiver quivering palpitation
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Antonyms

still attack remain continue face advance
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Hypernyms

case move movement motion fear fright

Hyponyms

shudder tremor tremolo

Phrases with the word

all of a quiver

Derivatives

quivered quivering

Examples

The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear. Edward Young

Do you recall that night in June Do you recall that night in June Upon the Danube River; We listened to the ländler-tune, We watched the moonbeams quiver. Charles Hamilton Aide

Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. Donna Tartt

Both cold and hunger make the mouth quiver. Sicilian Proverb

For a jest one should not take the arrow out of the quiver. Kikuyu Proverb

They match as a stick in a quiver. Hungarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

quittuple-nerved quitture Quitu quiver tree quivered quiverer