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quaver: a tremulous sound; give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

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flitter collapse

jounce collapse

rictus collapse: a gaping grimace

intone collapse

croon collapse: sing softly

intonate collapse: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness"

quarter note collapse: a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note

jiggle collapse: move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"

nasalization collapse: the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators

sibilation collapse: pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound

wriggle collapse

vibrate collapse: shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner

flip out collapse

dysphasia collapse: an impairment of language (especially speech production) that is usually due to brain damage

yodel collapse: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto; sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains"

squirm collapse

sol fa collapse

toss and turn collapse

palpitate collapse: beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"; cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"

shakes collapse

quavering collapse: (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice"

vocalize collapse: utter speech sounds; pronounce as a vowel; "between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized"; sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

writhe collapse: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

drawl collapse: a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels; lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"

quaking collapse

tremolo collapse: vocal vibrato especially an excessive or poorly controlled one; (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones

vibrato collapse: (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch

tweedle collapse: entice through the use of music; play negligently on a musical instrument; sing in modulation

trembling collapse

fidget collapse: a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"; move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"

falsetto collapse: a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register; artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto voice"

lisp collapse: a flexible procedure-oriented programing language that manipulates symbols in the form of lists; a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'; speak with a lisp

trill collapse: a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it; the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula; "he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill"; pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's"

freak out collapse: lose one's nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out"

shudder collapse: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

crotchet collapse: a small tool or hooklike implement

panting collapse: breathing heavily (as after exertion); any fabric used to make trousers

quake collapse

psalm collapse: any sacred song used to praise the deity; one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David; sing or celebrate in psalms; "He psalms the works of God"

wiggle collapse: the act of wiggling

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