 quivering |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze | |
| Synonyms: | trembling shaking shivering quaking shaky | |
| Examples: | "a quaking bog" "the quaking child" "quivering leaves of a poplar tree" "with shaking knees" "seemed shaky on her feet" "trembling hands" |
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| Related terms: | unsteady | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a shaky motion | |
| Synonyms: | trembling shakiness tremor quiver vibration palpitation shaking | |
| Examples: | "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" |
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| Related terms: | motion tremolo tremor tremble quiver tremble | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act of vibrating | |
| Synonyms: | vibration quiver | |
| Related terms: | motion tremor quiver | |
| Similar spelling: |
quavering quaveringly |
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