Dictionary Entry
quiver
quiver is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Nimble; active. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Nimble; active.
- 2intransitive verb
To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
- 3noun
The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
- 4noun
A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
- 5noun
the act of vibrating
- 6noun
case for holding arrows
- 7noun
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
"a frisson of surprise shot through him"
- 8noun
a shaky motion
"the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
- 9verb
move back and forth very rapidly
"the candle flickered"
- 10verb
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
"the city pulsated with music and excitement"
- 11verb
shake with fast, tremulous movements
"His nostrils palpitated"
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