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Yes. The word quiver is a Scrabble US word. The word quiver is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

QUIVER,

5-letter words (1 found)

QUIRE,

4-letter words (5 found)

ERUV,IURE,RIVE,VIER,VIRE,

3-letter words (6 found)

IRE,REI,REV,RUE,URE,VIE,

2-letter words (4 found)

ER,QI,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 18 words from quiver according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of quiver

quiver

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪvə/
  • (General American, Canada) enPR: kwĭˈvər, IPA(key): /ˈkwɪvɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: quiv‧er

Etymology 1

From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare (source of Dutch koker, and cognate to Old English cocer (“quiver, case”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kokar (“container”), said to be from Hunnic, possibly from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather vessel for liquids”); see there for more. Replaced early modern cocker, the inherited reflex of that West Germanic word.

Noun

quiver (plural quivers)

  1. (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
  2. (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
    He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver.
  3. (obsolete) A vulva.
  4. (obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
  5. (mathematics) A multidigraph.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English quiver, cwiver, from Old English *cwifer, probably related to cwic (“alive”).

Adjective

quiver (comparative more quiver, superlative most quiver)

  1. (archaic) Nimble, active.

Etymology 3

From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective.

Verb

quiver (third-person singular simple present quivers, present participle quivering, simple past and past participle quivered)

  1. (intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
    Synonyms: tremble, quake, shudder, shiver
Derived terms
  • aquiver
  • quivering
  • quiversome
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References

Further reading

  • quiver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür or Hunnic. Doublet of coker.

Alternative forms

  • quyver, qwyver, qwywere, qwyvere, whyver

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwivər/

Noun

quiver (plural quivers)

  1. A quiver (a receptacle for arrows)
  2. (rare, vulgar) A vulva.
Descendants
  • English: quiver
References
  • “quiver, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

Etymology 2

From Old English *cwifer, probably related to cwic (“alive”).

Alternative forms

  • quyver, quyvere, cwiver

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwivər/

Adjective

quiver

  1. fast, speedy, rapid
  2. energetic, vigourous, vibrant
Descendants
  • English: quiver
References
  • “quiver, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

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