v.
(of a voice) tremble.
n.
- a tremble in a voice.
- Music, chiefly Brit. a note having the value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem.
Derivative
- quavering adj.
- quaveringly adv.
- quavery adj.
Etymology
ME: from dial. quave ‘quake, tremble’, prob. from an OE word rel. to quake.