(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Our visitor stretched forward a quivering hand and picked up the Daily Telegraph, which still lay upon Holmes’s knee. Pulsate pulse throb (expand and contract rhythmically beat rhythmically) Move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion) The city pulsated with music and excitement Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion Move back and forth (move in one direction and then into the opposite direction) Tremble (move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways) Present simple: I / you / we / they quiver. Shudder tremor (an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)) Motility motion move movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location) Quiver (shake with fast, tremulous movements)Ĭase (a portable container for carrying several objects) Tremor (shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)) Tremolo ((music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quiver"): The shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe Palpitation quiver quivering shakiness shaking trembling vibration (1700-1800 ) → QUIVER 1 2.An almost pleasurable sensation of frightĬhill frisson quiver shiver shudder thrill tingleįear fearfulness fright (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)) Origin quiver 1 (1400-1500 ) Probably from quiver “active, quick ” ((13-19 centuries) ), from an unrecorded Old English cwifer quiver 2 1.
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