SEMIQUAVER Meaning of SEMIQUAVER in English [ 'sɛmɪˌkweɪvə ]■ noun Music, Brit. a note having the time value of a sixteenth of a semibreve or half a quaver, represented by a large dot with a two-hooked stem. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004