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Quaver : (noun)
1: a tremulous sound
2: a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole
note [syn: eighth note]
(verb)
1: give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or
frequency [syn: waver]
2: sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note
above or below [syn: warble, trill]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Quaver : \Qua"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quavered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Quavering.] [OE. quaven to shake, to tremble; cf. LG.
quabbeln to shake, to be soft, of fat substances, quabbe a
fat lump of flesh, a dewlap, D. kwabbe, and E. quiver, v.]
1. To tremble; to vibrate; to shake. --Sir I. Newton.
2. Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound
with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also,
to trill on a musical instrument
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Quaver : \Qua"ver\, v. t.
To utter with quavers.
We shall hear her quavering them . . . to some
sprightly airs of the opera. --Addison.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Quaver : \Qua"ver\, n.
1. A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice,
or of an instrument of music.
2. (Mus.) An eighth note. See Eighth.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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