quaver
noun/ˈkweɪvə(r)/
/ˈkweɪvər/
- (British English) (North American English eighth note)(music) a note that lasts half as long as a crotchetTopics Musicc2
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- [usually singular] a shaking sound in somebody’s voice
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the general sense ‘tremble’): from dialect quave ‘quake, tremble’, probably from an Old English word related to quake. The noun is first recorded (mid 16th cent.) as a musical term.
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