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| Main Entry: |
quaver
 [kwey-ver] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sway |
| Synonyms: | falter, note, oscillate, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, trill, vacillate, vibrate, waver, wobble |
| Main Entry: | bob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce up and down |
| Synonyms: | bow, duck, genuflect, hop, jerk, jounce, leap, nod, oscillate, quaver, quiver, ricochet, seesaw, skip, waggle, weave, wobble |
| Main Entry: | chirp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peep, cheep |
| Synonyms: | call, chip, chipper, chirrup, lilt, pipe, purl, quaver, roll, sing, sound, trill, tweedle, tweet, twitter, warble |
Example Sentences
- Because his voice quavered and his eyes glistened, it did not seem a good time to ask who he was and where he was from.
| Main Entry: | falter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stumble, stutter |
| Synonyms: | be undecided, bobble, break, drop the ball, flounder, fluctuate, fluff, halt, hem and haw, hesitate, lurch, quaver, reel, rock, roll, scruple, shake, speak haltingly, stagger, stammer, stub toe, teeter, topple, totter, tremble, trip up, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wobble |
| Antonyms: | continue, endure, maintain, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel alarm; be scared of |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, avoid, be afraid, be anxious, be apprehensive, be disquieted, be frightened, be in awe, blanch, break out in a sweat, cower, crouch, dare not, dread, expect, falter, feel concern, flinch, foresee, fret, have butterflies, have qualms, lose courage, quail, quaver, shrink, shudder, shun, shy, start, suspect, tremble, wilt, worry |
| Antonyms: | brave |
| Main Entry: | flicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle, flutter |
| Synonyms: | blare, blaze, blink, burn, dance, flare, flash, flit, flitter, fluctuate, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, hover, oscillate, quaver, quiver, scintillate, shimmer, swing, tremble, twinkle, vibrate, waver |
| Main Entry: | flutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wave rapidly, flap |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bat, beat, dance, drift, flicker, flit, flitter, flop, fluctuate, hover, lop, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quaver, quiver, ripple, ruffle, shake, shiver, swing, throb, tremble, vibrate, wiggle, wobble |
| Main Entry: | quiver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | agitate, beat, convulse, dither, jitter, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, tremble, tremor, twitter |
| Antonyms: | be still |
| Main Entry: | rock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move back and forth |
| Synonyms: | agitate, billow, careen, concuss, convulse, falter, heave, jiggle, jog, jolt, jounce, lurch, move, oscillate, pitch, push and pull, quake, quaver, quiver, reel, roll, roll about, shake, shock, stagger, sway, swing, toss, totter, tremble, undulate, vibrate, wobble |
| Antonyms: | hold, stabilize |
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