Sekirov Dictionary

quiver

UK /ˈkwɪvə/US /ˈkwɪvɚ/

noun 6
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 5
phrases 1

noun6

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A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
- Don Pedro: Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly. — 1598
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(figurative) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
- He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver.
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The act of quivering.
- I feel a quiver every time we kiss / The sky's the limit with a love like this — 1983
A multidigraph, especially in the context of representation theory.
(no longer used) A vulva.
(no longer used) The collective noun for cobras.

adjective1

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(no longer used) Nimble, active.
- [...] there was a little quiver fellow, and 'a would manage you his piece thus; and 'a would about and about, and come you in and come you in. — 1596

verb1

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To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
- And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. — 1712

forms

quivered · quivering · quivers · more quiver · most quiver

Phrases with quiver

arrow in the quiver
One of several available options or courses of action.

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