Quiv·er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered p. pr. & vb. n. Quivering.]  To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
     The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind.   --Shak.
     And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.   --Addison.
  quivering
       adj : vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or
             cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a
             quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more";
             "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking
             knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light
             from the shivering crystals of the chandelier";
             "trembling hands" [syn: quaking, shaking, shaky,
             shivering, trembling]
       n 1: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his
            pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver,
             vibration, palpitation]
       2: the act of vibrating [syn: vibration, quiver]