Definition of quaver

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Quaver (n.) An eighth note. See Eighth.

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Twinkle :: Twinkle (v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate..
Polka :: Polka (n.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented..
Quaquaversal :: Quaquaversal (a.) Turning or dipping in any or every direction.
Warble :: Warble (v. i.) To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
Trill :: Trill (n.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake..
Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers..
Roulade :: Roulade (n.) A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note..
Quavered :: Quavered (imp. & p. p.) of Quave.
Quave :: Quave (v. i.) To quaver.
Demiquaver :: Demiquaver (n.) A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver.
Quap :: Quap (v. i.) To quaver.
Quaverer :: Quaverer (n.) One who quavers; a warbler.
Quaver :: Quaver (v. t.) To utter with quavers.
Quaver :: Quaver (v. i.) 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.
Stem :: Stem (n.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc..
Tremble :: Tremble (v. i.) To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles..
Quavering :: Quavering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quave.
Demisemiquaver :: Demisemiquaver (n.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note..
Quaver :: Quaver (v. i.) To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
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