QUIVERING Definition & Meaning

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quivering

[ kwiv-uh-ring ]

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adjective

trembling or shaking with a slight, rapid motion, or seeming to tremble or shake:
The sun climbed higher and movement ceased: over the whole summit, figures lay still in the quivering heat.
Forty hertz is really fast, like the quivering light from a faulty fluorescent bulb.

noun

an act or instance of shaking with a slight but rapid motion:
The quivering in the heart upsets the normal rhythm between the atria and the lower parts of the heart, the ventricles.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of quivering¹

First recorded in 1530–40; quiver ¹( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective; quiver ¹( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun

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In Reno, about 50 miles northwest of the quake’s epicenter, someone at KTVN-TV captured a video of the star on the newsroom’s Christmas tree still quivering — barely — as staffers scrambled to cover the earthquake.

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“A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results,” Harris said, her voice quivering.

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Dortmund preyed on Celtic's naivety and rendered them quivering wrecks inside half an hour.

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“And it’s all brought down to this delicate pinch of the fingers with clay and small lines made by quivering energetic hands.”

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They are all handcuffed – quivering with adrenaline and shaking broken glass from their hoodies.

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