quaververb [ I ]
uk/ˈkweɪ.vər/us/ˈkweɪ.vɚ/If a person's voice quavers, it shakes, usually because of emotion:
Her voice began to quaver and I thought she was going to cry.
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- undertone
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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quavery
adjective uk/ˈkweɪ.vər.i/us/ˈkweɪ.vɚ.i/also quavering, uk/-ɪŋ/us
quavernoun
uk/ˈkweɪ.vər/us/ˈkweɪ.vɚ/quaver noun (MUSICAL NOTE)
[ C ] UK specialized US eighth note music a musical note that is half as long as a crotchet
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Beats or lengths of musical notes
- bar
- bar line
- beat
- crotchet
- eighth note
- half note
- measure
- minim
- octave
- pause
- phrase
- quarter note
- rest
- semibreve
- semiquaver
- sixteenth note
- time
- time signature
- timing
- whole note
quaver noun (SHAKE)
[ S ] a slight shake in someone's voice, especially because of emotion:
There was a quaver in her voice as she thanked her staff for all their support.
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- undertone
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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