shiver
/ˈʃɪv·ər/ v [I]Definition
› (esp. of a person or animal) to shake slightly and quickly because of feeling cold, ill, or frightened: Your creepy look makes me shiver. Robbins shivered in the chill air. shiver /ˈʃɪv·ər/ n [C] › "The temperature is down to 12 degrees," she said with a shiver.
(Definition of shiver v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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