(of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion

his voice quavered with rage

‘I'm not safe here, am I?’ she said in a quavering voice

a shake or tremble in a person's voice

it was impossible to hide the slight quaver in her voice

a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem