shiver

Meaning

Verb

1. To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
2. (transitive) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.

Noun

1. The act of shivering.
2. A bodily response to early hypothermia.

Noun

1. A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
2. (Norfolk) A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
3. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A thin slice; a shive.
4. A variety of blue slate.
5. A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
6. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
7. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A spindle.

Noun

Collective noun for a group of sharks.

Synonyms

tremble

shake

🫨

shudder

quiver

quake

thrill

vibrate

waver

chill

tremor

vibration

wince

shivering

quaver

throb

freeze

frisson

splinter

palpitate

shimmy

fragment

trembling

flutter

huddle up

be chilled

feel chilly

feel cold

be shaking

wave

👋

get nervous

dither

suffer

tingle

crash

rock

🪨

rattle

convulse

bump

pulsation

excited

earthquake

shatter

judder

quivering

cloud

☁️

clip

brace

clamour

circle

⭕

boar

🐗

Translations

trembler

temblar

zittern

frissonner

rabbrividire

bibberen

tremare

tiritar

brivido

tiritar

rillen

tremer

frisson

trillen

ριγώ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɪvɚ/

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German: scivaro

In summary

Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel, or a frequentive of sheaf.