1. [n]  the act of vibrating
2. [n]  case for holding arrows
3. [n]  an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
4. [n]  a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
5. [v]  move back and forth very rapidly, as of a candle
6. [v]  move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"
7. [v]  shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"

QUIVER is a 6 letter word that starts with Q.

1. \Quiv"er\, a. [Akin to AS. cwiferlice anxiously; cf. OD.
   kuiven, kuiveren. Cf. {Quaver}.]
   Nimble; active. [Obs.] `` A little quiver fellow.'' --Shak.
   
   

2. \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quivered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Quivering}.] [Cf. {Quaver}.]
   To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to
   tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver.
   
         The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak.
   
         And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.
                                                  --Addison.
   
   

3. \Quiv"er\, n.
   The act or state of quivering; a tremor.
   
   

4. \Quiv"er\, n. [OF. cuivre, cuevre, coivre, LL. cucurum,
   fr. OHG. chohh[=a]ri quiver, receptacle, G. k["o]cher quiver;
   akin to AS. color, cocur, cocer, D. koker. Cf. {Cocker} a
   high shoe.]
   A case or sheath for arrows to be carried on the person.
   
         Reside him hung his bow And quiver, with three-bolted
         thunder stored.                          --Milton.
   
   

the sheath for arrows. The Hebrew word (aspah) thus commonly rendered is found in Job 39:23; Ps. 127:5; Isa. 22:6; 49:2; Jer. 5:16; Lam. 3:13. In Gen. 27:3 this word is the rendering of the Hebrew _teli_, which is supposed rather to mean a suspended weapon, literally "that which hangs from one", i.e., is suspended from the shoulder or girdle.