shiver
shiver is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.
- noun. A thin slice; a shive.
- noun. A variety of blue slate.
- noun. A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
- noun. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
- noun. A spindle.
- transitive verb. To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
- intransitive verb. To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
- intransitive verb. To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.
- transitive verb. To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
- noun. The act of shivering or trembling.
- noun. a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- noun. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
"a frisson of surprise shot through him"
- verb. shake, as from cold
"The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"
- verb. tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Synonyms
shake, tremble, chill, frisson, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle, throb
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shiver:
Common word forms
shivers, shivered, shiverer, shivering
Words from these letters
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