Thesaurus: trill

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1. v. i. To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.
2. v. t. To turn round; to twirl.
3. v. t. To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.
4. v. i. To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
5. n. A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.
6. n. The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d
7. n. A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake.
8. n. a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
9. n. the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant ‘r’) with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula
10. v. pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme /r/
11. v. sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
12. To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle. Sir W. Scott. And now and then an ample tear trilled down Her delicate cheek. Shak. Whispered sounds Of waters, trilling from the riven stone. Glover. To turn round; to twirl. [Obs.] Gascoigne. Bid him descend and trill another pin. Chaucer. To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note. The sober-suited songstress trills her lay. Thomson. To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver. To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet. Dryden. 1. A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages. 2. The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d 3. (Mus.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake.