as in shiver
an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold
a quiver ran through the audience when the monster cornered the movie's hero
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as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
aspen leaves quivering in the breeze
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as in trembling
marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements
our quivering dog tried to hide under the bed during the thunderstorm
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as in twitching
a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side
the kids were fascinated by the quivering of the jellyfish and kept poking it to see it wiggle
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as in shaking
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
aspen leaves quivering in the breeze
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Recent Examples of quiver
Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
As the most pointed Silver Arrow of Mercedes’ quiver over the first decade of the 21st Century, the CLK63 AMG deserves a seat at the table of historic Benzes.
—Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
Shot in quivering close-ups, this coming-of-age film follows a reticent teenager from a religious household, and her all-girl choir’s trip to a convent.
—Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Noun
With his quirky lisp, wacky energy, and tinny vocal quiver, Carrey's cable guy Chip flails around against the backdrop of a psychedelic karaoke screen, hip-thrusting and shimmying his way across a house party as the elderly crowd gets their groove on.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
As the most pointed Silver Arrow of Mercedes’ quiver over the first decade of the 21st Century, the CLK63 AMG deserves a seat at the table of historic Benzes.
—Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
Even the violence has a sense of poetry to it, as with a bloody fistfight that takes place in the water, witnessed by the quivering cab driver on the beach.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2025
Shot in quivering close-ups, this coming-of-age film follows a reticent teenager from a religious household, and her all-girl choir’s trip to a convent.
—Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Quiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quiver. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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