"quavering" meaning in English

See quavering in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} quavering (not comparable)
  1. Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-quavering-en-adj-y2G1I-L8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 23 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 10 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 8 9

Noun

Forms: quaverings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quavering (plural quaverings)
  1. The act of something that quavers.
    Sense id: en-quavering-en-noun-jMfUD8Jv

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} quavering
  1. present participle and gerund of quaver Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: quaver
    Sense id: en-quavering-en-verb-JTfM~pk6

Inflected forms

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