Definitions for Shivers

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Shivers shiv·er

Spelling: [shiv-er]

IPA: /ˈʃɪv ər/

Shivers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 124 anagrams from letters in Shivers (ehirssv).

Definitions for Shivers

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 Shivers

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

Examples for Shivers

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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