[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quaver \qua"ver\, v. i. imp.  p. p. quavered; p. pr.  vb.
   n. quavering. oe. quaven to shake, to tremble; cf. lg.
   quabbeln to shake, to be soft, of fat substances, quabbe a
   fat lump of flesh, a dewlap, d. kwabbe, and e. quiver, v.
   1. to tremble; to vibrate; to shake. --sir i. newton.
      1913 webster

   2. 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
      1913 webster
see also:
quavered quavering 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quavering
     adj : of the voice quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old
           lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous
           voice" syn: tremulous
see also:
tremulous 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

86 moby thesaurus words for "quavering":
   ague, aspen, blurred, breathy, bumpiness, chattering, choked,
   choking, chorea, cold shivers, croaking, didder, disquiet,
   disquietude, dithers, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, fidgetiness,
   fidgets, fits and starts, flutter, guttural, harsh, hawking,
   heaving, hoarse, inarticulate, indistinct, inquietude, jactation,
   jactitation, jerkiness, joltiness, lisping, mispronounced, muzzy,
   nasal, palpitation, palsied, palsy, panting, pitapat,
   pitter-patter, quaking, quaver, quavery, quiver, quivering,
   quivery, restlessness, shakes, shaking, shaky, shiver, shivering,
   shivers, shivery, shudder, shuddering, snuffling, spasms, stifled,
   strangled, succussatory, succussion, succussive, thick, throaty,
   throb, throbbing, tremble, trembling, trembly, tremor, tremulous,
   tremulousness, trepidation, trepidity, twangy, twitter, unrest,
   velar, vibrating, vibration, wobbly

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