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Definition of 'trill'English
(Trill consonant)
Noun
( en-noun)
(music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation, for example, Spanish rr .
Derived terms
* trilly
Verb
( en-verb)
To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
* Dryden
- To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.
To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
- to trill a note, or the letter r
* Thomson
- The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.
(obsolete) To trickle.
*, II.30:
*:I come now from seeing of a shepheard at Medoc who had no signe at all of genitorie parts: But where they should be, are three little holes, by which his water doth continually tril from him.
* Shakespeare
- And now and then an ample tear trilled down / Her delicate cheek.
* Glover
- Whispered sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.
Derived terms
* triller
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Similar to 'trill'trail, trial, thrall, trawl, troll, trowel, thrill, thrawl, trull, twirl, thirl, triol, tryal, toral, torril, troul, trowl, turrel, thurl, truel, terrel, tryall
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