shivering

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪvəɹɪŋ/

Verb

shivering

1. present participle and gerund of shiver

Noun

shivering (plural shiverings)

1. The action of a person or thing that shivers; a trembling.
   • 1847, Fleetwood Churchill, Robert M. Huston, The diseases of females: including those of pregnancy and childbed:

     Generally speaking, the attack does not involve more inconvenience than this; but in some cases there are shiverings and flushings, cough, loss of appetite, and pain in the right side...

Translations

the act of trembling with cold or fear

• Maori: korohāwini, rūrūtake, tūngāwiri, tūhauwiri, turiwaitaitai (as a result of cold)
• Persian: لرز (fa) (larz)

Related terms

• shivering Jemmy
• shivering owl

 

Anagrams

• shrieving