quivering
[ kwiv-uh-ring ]
/ ˈkwɪv ə rɪŋ /
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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 WORDS FROM quivering
quiv·er·ing·ly, adverbun·quiv·er·ing, adjectiveWords nearby quivering
quitter, quittor, quit while one's ahead, quiver, quiverful, quivering, quiver leg, qui vive, Quixote, quixotic, quixotism
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