QUAVER Synonyms

• cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern

• move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

• be unstable

• the act of moving back and forth

• abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block

• a disorderly outburst or tumult

• the motion made by flapping up and down

• move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

• move back and forth very rapidly

• flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements

• beat rapidly

• wink briefly

• be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

• move or swing from side to side regularly

• shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity

• shake with fast, tremulous movements

• shake with seismic vibrations

• building material used as siding or roofing

• frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

• a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

• grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)

• a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

• causing to move repeatedly from side to side

• move or cause to move back and forth

• move with or as if with a tremor

• shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively

• move back and forth or sideways

• undermine or cause to waver

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• get rid of

• bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking

• shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state

• a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

• shake, as from cold

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

• shake, as from cold

• tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

• a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

• move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways

• shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner

• move or swing from side to side regularly

• be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

• sound with resonance

• feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

• a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

• the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula

• pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'

• sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

• a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly

• sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

• sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

• a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note