quaver
IPA: kwˈeɪvɝ
noun
- A trembling shake.
- A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
- (music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.
verb
- To shake in a trembling manner.
- (intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
- (transitive) To utter quaveringly.
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Examples of "quaver" in Sentences
- She heard the quaver in her voice and steadied it.
- “Cal,” Maggie said coming toward him, a quaver in her voice.
- She speaks with cheerful firmness but I can hear the quaver in her voice.
- When I have something to say, I do not waver and quaver around it like this.
- “Zo, listen, I know this is weird, but I just feel like I have to ask—” Cara could hear her voice quaver.
- It does not matter, though, because even philosophers quaver in the face of death, Socrates notwithstanding.
- The English term for eighth-notes gets it right with "quaver", since these and other notes can do exactly that when played with alternating intensity, and even, suggests Quantz, duration.
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