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Definition of quaver noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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quaver

noun

quaver pronunciation English

ˈkweɪvə(r) quaver pronunciation American

quaver pronunciation American

ˈkweɪvər

1 (British English) (North American English eighth note) (music) a note that lasts half as long as a crotchet/quarter note2 [usually singular] a shaking sound in somebody's voice