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Definition of shiver : 1. A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
2. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
3. A spindle.
4. A thin slice; a shive.
5. A variety of blue slate.
6. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; - generally used in the plural.
7. The act of shivering or trembling.
8. To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
9. To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
10. To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
11. To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.

Synonyms:

sever, palpitation, crush, shivering, heebie-jeebies, bankrupt, demolish, vibrate, rend, shaking, calm, thrill, split, shatter, all-overs, dither, tickle pink, boot, vibration, rupture, shingle, handshake, trembling, prickling, jim-jams, pulse, tremor, rush, kick, quivering, wave, fidget, chill, willies, inebriate, pall, jump, beatify, bang, handclasp, exhilarate, tingle, repetition, wag, fracture, exalt, tingling, iciness, frisson, shakiness, waggle, burst, tickle, milk shake, transgress, destroy, handshaking, pulsate, sunder, crack, fear, tremble, milkshake, break, cashier, tic, twitter, jitter, smash, trill, charge, throb, flush, rive, gelidity

jolt, disquiet, quiver, quaver, fluster, churn, shudder, quake, stir, trouble, twitch, upset, jar, perturb, palpitate, agitate, shake

Usage examples:

• " I'm cold," she said with a shiver, " and hungry. - "Calvary Alley", Alice Hegan Rice.
• He thought with a shiver of a white house on the hill. - "The Right of Way, Volume 5.", Gilbert Parker.
• She looked him in the eyes, and he felt a kind of shiver go through him. - "You Never Know Your Luck, Complete Being The Story Of A Matrimonial Deserter", Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009.