Quiver
Crossword Clue & Answers

3 December 2021
Last seen in: Evening Standard Quick Crossword

We found 25 answers for the crossword clue 'Quiver', the most recent of which was seen in the Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given Quiver a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Quiver as an answer itself some 61 times.

Quiver is a single word clue made up of 6 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Evening Standard Quick Crossword' on Monday, 06 December 2021 with the answer being TREMOR, but the most popular answer for this clue is TREMBLE.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 6 Dec 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 4 Aug 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 1 Jul 2021
• The Daily Mail Quick - 21 May 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 7 May 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 12 Oct 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 26 Sep 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 25 Jul 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 19 May 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 5 Mar 2020

Definitions and usage

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• The act of vibrating
• Case for holding arrows
• A shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
• Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
• An almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
• Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
• Shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"

Crossword Answers

4 Letters

BEAT
The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

5 Letters

CHILL
Coldness due to a cold environment

QUAKE
Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity

SHAKE
Undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"

WAVER
The act of moving back and forth

6 Letters

SHIVER
A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

THRILL
Something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation; "the thrills of space travel"

TINGLE
A somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles

TREMOR
An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

WOBBLE
An unsteady rocking motion

7 Letters

FLICKER
The act of moving back and forth

FLITTER
Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"

FLUTTER
The act of moving back and forth

FRISSON
An almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"

PULSATE
Produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube"

SHAKING
The act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements

SHUDDER
Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

TREMBLE
A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

VIBRATE
Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

9 Letters

PALPITATE
Shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"

QUIVERING
The act of vibrating

SHAKINESS
The quality of being unstable and insecure; "the shakiness of the present regime"

TREMBLING
A shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"

VIBRATION
The act of vibrating

11 Letters

PALPITATION
A shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"