English Explanatory Dictionary

quiver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
  2. A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
  3. A vulva.
  4. The collective noun for cobras.
  5. A multidigraph, especially in the context of representation theory.
adj
  1. Nimble, active.
verb
  1. To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
noun
  1. The act of quivering.
name
  1. A stream in Illinois, United States; in full, Quiver Creek.
  2. A township in Mason County, Illinois, United States, named after Quiver Creek.

Pronunciation

/ˈkwɪvə/ kwĭˈvər /ˈkwɪvɚ/ En-us-quiver.ogg

Word forms

quiver quivers more quiver most quiver quivering quivered

Etymology

From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare (source of Dutch koker, and cognate to Old English cocer (“quiver, case”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kokar (“container”), said to be from Hunnic, possibly from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather vessel for liquids”); see there for more. Replaced early modern cocker, the inherited reflex of that West Germanic word. The mathematical sense originated as German Köcher in a 1972 paper by Pierre Gabriel; it was likely chosen because a quiver contains arrows, while a digraph contains directed edges (also called "arrows").

Synonyms

tremble quake shudder shiver flutter

Derived words

arrow in the quiver Auslander-Reiten quiver quiverful Quiverfull quiver tree subquiver quiverness aquiver bequiver quiverer quivering quiverish quiverleaf quiversome quivertip quivery upquiver

Translations

Armenian: դող Bulgarian: трепе́рене Czech: záchvěv Czech: zachvění Czech: třes Czech: třesení Czech: chvění Finnish: vapina French: tremblement French: frisson French: frémissement Georgian: თრთოლა Georgian: ჟრჟოლა Georgian: კანკალი Georgian: ცახცახი Greek: ρίγος Greek: τρέμουλο Hindi: कम्पन Hindi: थर्राना Macedonian: трепе́рење Macedonian: тре́пет Polish: drżenie Russian: дрожь Russian: тре́пет Spanish: temblor Swedish: skakar Telugu: వణుకు Telugu: కంపించు Tok Pisin: guria Ukrainian: тремті́ння Ukrainian: тре́мор Yiddish: ציטער
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