quiver

Pronunciation

• (US) (Canada) enPR: kwĭvər, IPA ^(key): [kʍɪvə(r)] or /kwɪvə(r)/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkwɪvə/

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• Hyphenation: qui‧ver

Noun

Singular quiver

Plural quivers

A bow and quiver.

1. (countable) A quiver is a container for arrows.

   Robin Hood was never without his bow and quiver.

Verb

Plain form quiver

Third-person singular quivers

Past tense quivered

Past participle quivered

Present participle quivering

1. If you quiver, you shake slightly and rapidly

   The sudden wind made him quiver with cold.