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quaver
v. tremble, vibrate; speak in a trembling voice; trill a sound, make a sound waver
 
n. shiver, tremble; trembling voice or sound; eighth note (Music)


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Eighth note
An eighth note (American or "German" terminology) or a quaver (British or "classical" terminology) is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note, hence the name.Eighth notes are notated with an oval, filled-in note head and a straight note stem with one flag. (see Figure 1). A related symbol is the "eighth rest" (or "quaver rest"), which denotes a silence for the same duration. In Unicode, the symbol is U+266A ().
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quaver
Noun
1. a tremulous sound
(hypernym) sound
(derivation) waver
2. a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note
(synonym) eighth note
(hypernym) note, musical note, tone
(derivation) warble, trill
Verb
1. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
(synonym) waver
(hypernym) voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
2. sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
(synonym) warble, trill
(hypernym) sing
(derivation) eighth note


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Quaver
(v. t.)
To utter with quavers.
  
 
(v. i.)
To tremble; to vibrate; to shake.
  
 
(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
  
 
(n.)
An eighth note. See Eighth.
  
 
(n.)
A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.
  

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quaver
v. n.
1. tremble
تھرتھرانا, کانپنا, لہرارنا, لرزنا,
2. (Music)
گٹکري لينا, زمزمہ بجانا,
quaver
n.
1.
تھرتھري, کپکپي, لرزش, کپکپاہٹ,
2. (Music)
آٹھواں سر, گٹکري, مرغول, زمزمہ, ترانہ,

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