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

1. adjective. Nimble; active.
2. intransitive verb. To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
3. noun. The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
4. noun. A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
5. noun. the act of vibrating

   Synonyms: quivering, vibration

6. noun. case for holding arrows
7. noun. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

   "a frisson of surprise shot through him"

   Synonyms: chill, frisson, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle

8. noun. a shaky motion

   "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"

   Synonyms: palpitation, quivering, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration

9. verb. move back and forth very rapidly

   "the candle flickered"

   Synonyms: flicker, flitter, flutter, waver

10. verb. move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

    "the city pulsated with music and excitement"

    Synonyms: beat, pulsate

11. verb. shake with fast, tremulous movements

    "His nostrils palpitated"

    Synonyms: palpitate, quake

Synonyms

quivering, vibration, chill, frisson, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle, palpitation, shakiness, shaking, trembling, flicker, flitter, flutter, waver, beat, pulsate, palpitate, quake

Common word forms

quivers, quivered, quiverer, quiverful, quivering

Words from these letters

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