Definitions for shiver

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shiver shiv·er

Spelling: [shiv-er]

IPA: /ˈʃɪv ər/

Shiver is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in shiver (ehirsv).

Definitions for shiver

noun

1. a tremulous motion; a tremble or quiver:
2. shivers, an attack of shivering or chills (usually preceded by the).
3. a fragment; splinter.

verb (used without object)

1. to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
2. Nautical. (of a fore-and-aft sail) to shake when too close to the wind. (of a sailing vessel) to be headed so close to the wind that the sails shake.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to break or split into fragments.

Origin of shiver

1150-1200; Middle English chivere (noun); later sh-, apparently for the sake of alliteration in phrase chiver and shake

Examples for shiver

The sun was hot even where they sat, but he fancied that he saw her shiver.

You know, a novel comes not from a decision but a frisson, a sort of shiver that goes through you.

It snowed and stormed, and she was allowed to shiver on the platform.

There was one other peculiar moment that gave rise to a shiver of unwanted Somali memories.

You shiver because your grandfathers and fathers and uncles have shivered there before you.

I'm in a shiver about you, but—It's all true, Roger, what your mother said about 2nd Lieutenants.

I remember being shocked that shiver sold in 38 countries, because I thought it was such a particularly “me” story.

He did not see Dick, but his very presence gave the lad a shiver.

For Americans of a certain age, these words, even in our cynical time, yield a shiver of nostalgia, but also of purpose.

Her gaze was fixed upon him; he saw her shiver, and knew that she saw and recognized him.