QUAVER
\kwˈe͡ɪvə], \kwˈeɪvə], \k_w_ˈeɪ_v_ə]\
Definitions of QUAVER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
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give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
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sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
By Princeton University
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a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
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give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
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Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument
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To utter with quavers.
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A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.
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An eighth note. See Eighth.
By Oddity Software
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To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
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Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument
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To utter with quavers.
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A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.
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An eighth note. See Eighth.
By Noah Webster.
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A shaking or trembling, as of the voice; a trill in singing or playing; in music, an eighth note.
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To shake or tremble; vibrate; have a tremulous sound, as a voice or musical instrument; trill.
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To utter or sing with trills or a tremulous sound.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To shake: to sing or play with tremulous modulations.
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A vibration of the voice: a note in music-1/2 a crotchet or 1/2 of a semibreve.
By Daniel Lyons
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A shake of the voice; in mus., note equal to one half a crotchet.
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To sing, play, or speak, tremulously.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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