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   quaver

   /ˈkweɪvə/

   verb

   • 1. (of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion: "his voice quavered with rage"

   noun

   • 1. a shake or tremble in a person's voice: "it was impossible to hide the slight quaver in her voice"
   • 2. a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem. British

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a verb in the general sense ‘tremble’): from dialect quave ‘quake, tremble’, probably from an Old English word related to quake. The noun is first recorded (mid 16th century) as a musical term.

   Derivatives

   • 1. quaveringly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • A

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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