quaver
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- n a tremulous sound
- n a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
- v give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
- v sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
- There were tears in the Crown Princess' eyes, and a quaver in her voice, as she accepted the gift.
- Singer Karen Peris (who wrote the lovely original My Love Goes with You) has a transporting quaver that makes this bedtime disc positively sopor-riffic.
- A new singer with a new twist: a double voice that alternates between a high, unpleasant quaver, reminiscent of Johnnie Ray at his fiercest, and a rich basso that might be .