quavering

English

Verb

quavering

1. present participle and gerund of quaver

Adjective

quavering (not comparable)

1. Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.

Noun

quavering (plural quaverings)

1. The act of something that quavers.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     the quaverings and warblings in lutes and pipes