quiver
verb/ˈkwɪvə(r)/
/ˈkwɪvər/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they quiver | /ˈkwɪvə(r)/ /ˈkwɪvər/ |
| he / she / it quivers | /ˈkwɪvəz/ /ˈkwɪvərz/ |
| past simple quivered | /ˈkwɪvəd/ /ˈkwɪvərd/ |
| past participle quivered | /ˈkwɪvəd/ /ˈkwɪvərd/ |
| -ing form quivering | /ˈkwɪvərɪŋ/ /ˈkwɪvərɪŋ/ |
- to shake slightly; to make a slight movement synonym tremble
- Her lip quivered and then she started to cry.
- The memory of that day made him quiver with anger.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryQuiver is used with these nouns as the subject:- antenna
- chin
- lip
- …
Word Originverb Middle English: from Old English cwifer ‘nimble, quick’. The initial qu- is probably symbolic of quick movement (as in quaver and quick).Definitions on the go
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