The meaning of Quaver
Quaver – definition
nounA shake or tremble in a person's voice.
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It was impossible to hide the slight quaver in her voicenounA note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem.
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Furthermore, a comparison of the way in which crotchets and quavers are notated makes it likely tha…
verb(of a person’s voice) to sound nervous, esp. because of emotion
Usage examples:
Her voice quavered for a moment before she gained control.
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Word origin
late Middle English (as a verb in the general sense ‘tremble’): from dialect quave ‘quake, tremble’, probably from an Old English word related to quake. The noun is first recorded (mid 16th c
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