Quaver

  • 101shake — v 1. vibrate, rattle, chatter; convulse, corn move, twitch, vellicate, toss and turn; shimmy, wiggle, rock, bounce, bob, dance, (both of dice) roll, toss; swing, sway, oscillate, wave, roll. 2. tremble, quiver, twitter, trill; pulsate, pulse,… …

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  • 102shiver — I v 1. tremble, quiver, quaver, quake, shake, shudder, twitter; vibrate, rattle, chatter; convulse, commove, vellicate, twitch; flutter, splutter; shimmy, wiggle; pulsate, pulse, throb, palpitate. n 2. tremble, quiver, shudder; quaver, quake;… …

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  • 103shudder — v 1. shiver, tremble, quiver, quaver, quake, shake, twitter; vibrate, rattle, chatter; convulse, commove, vellicate, twitch; flutter, splutter; shimmy, wiggle; pulsate, pulse, throb, palpitate. n 2. tremble, quiver, shiver; quaver, quake;… …

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  • 104stir — v 1. mix, commix, intermix, scramble; blend, mingle, commingle, intermingle; fuse, merge, amalgamate; beat, whip, churn. 2. move, budge, act; trouble oneself, move an inch, exert oneself, make an effort, lift a finger; shift, change positions,… …

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  • 105twitch — v 1. tug, pull, yank, pluck, vellicate, snatch; joggle, jolt, hitch, jar, jiggle, jounce, bounce; shake, agitate, churn; pinch, bite, nip, tweak, twist, wrench. 2. jerk, jump, move spasmodically; quiver, quaver, shiver, wriggle, wiggle, squirm. 3 …

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  • 106roll — [n1] revolving, turning cycle, gyration, reel, revolution, rotation, run, spin, trundling, turn, twirl, undulation, whirl; concepts 147,201 roll [n2] cylindrical object ball, barrel, bobbin, cartouche, coil, cone, convolution, cornucopia,… …

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  • 107qua´ver|ing|ly — qua|ver «KWAY vuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to shake; tremble: »The old man s voice quavered. Like rivers over reeds Which quaver in the current (Philip J. Bailey). 2. to trill in singing or in playing on an instrument. –v.t. 1. to sing or say in… …

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  • 108qua|ver — «KWAY vuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to shake; tremble: »The old man s voice quavered. Like rivers over reeds Which quaver in the current (Philip J. Bailey). 2. to trill in singing or in playing on an instrument. –v.t. 1. to sing or say in trembling …

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  • 109Croma — Cro ma (kr[=o] m[.a]), n. [It.] (Mus.) A quaver. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 110Crotchet — Crotch et (kr?ch ?t; 224), n. [F. crochet, prop., a little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. See {Crook}, and cf. {Crochet}, {Crocket}, {Crosier}.] 1. A forked support; a crotch. [1913 Webster] The crotchets of their cot in columns… …

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