QUAVERING Synonyms

• the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements

• a shaky motion

• a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

• vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

• shaking convulsively or violently

• a shaky motion

• vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

• (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily

• 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

• someone who communicates by waving

• the act of pausing uncertainly

• the act of moving back and forth

• pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

• be unsure or weak

• move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

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

• move back and forth very rapidly

• sway from side to side

• give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

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