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Definition quiver

Etymology 1

From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare (compare Dutch koker), possibly ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather vessel for liquids”); see there for more. Replaced early modern English cocker.

Noun

quiver (plural quivers)

1. (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
2. (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
3. (obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
4. (mathematics) A multidigraph.

Etymology 2

From Middle English quiver, cwiver, from Old English *cwifer.

Adjective

quiver (comparative more quiver, superlative most quiver)

1. (archaic) Nimble, active.

Etymology 3

From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective.

Verb

quiver (third-person singular simple present quivers, present participle quivering, simple past and past participle quivered)

1. (intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.

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