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Thrilling

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thrill⋅ing

  [thril-ing]
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–adjective
1. producing sudden, strong, and deep emotion or excitement.
2. producing a tremor, as by chilling.
3. vibrating; trembling; quivering.
Origin:
1520–30; thrill + -ing 2

Related forms:
thrill⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

thrill

  [thril] ,
–verb (used with object)
1. to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body.
2. to utter or send forth tremulously, as a melody.
–verb (used without object)
3. to affect one with a wave of emotion or excitement.
4. to be stirred by a tremor or tingling sensation of emotion or excitement: He thrilled at the thought of home.
5. to cause a prickling or tingling sensation; throb.
6. to move tremulously; vibrate; quiver.
–noun
7. a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, sometimes manifested as a tremor or tingling sensation passing through the body.
8. something that produces or is capable of producing such a sensation: a story full of thrills.
9. a thrilling experience: It was a thrill to see Paris again.
10. a vibration or quivering.
11. Pathology. an abnormal tremor or vibration, as in the respiratory or vascular system.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME thrillen orig., to penetrate, metathetic var. of thirlen to thirl
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thrill   (thrĭl)   
v.   thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly.

  2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture.

  3. To cause to quiver, tremble, or vibrate.

v.   intr.

  1. To feel a sudden quiver of excitement or emotion.

  2. To quiver, tremble, or vibrate.

n.  

  1. A quivering or trembling caused by sudden excitement or emotion.

  2. A source or cause of excitement or emotion.

  3. Pathology A slight palpable vibration that often accompanies certain cardiac and circulatory abnormalities.


[Middle English thrillen, alteration of thirlen, to pierce, from Old English thȳrlian, from thȳrel, hole; see terə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
thrill'ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

thrill  (v.)
c.1300, "to pierce, penetrate," metathesis of O.E. þyrlian, from þyrel "hole" (in M.E., also "nostril"), from þurh "through" (cf. M.H.G. dürchel "pierced, perforated") + -el. Meaning "give a shivering, exciting feeling" is first recorded 1592, via metaphoric notion of "pierce with emotion." The noun in this sense is from 1680; meaning "a thrilling experience" is attested from 1936. Thriller "sensational story" is from 1889.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: thrill
Pronunciation: 'thril
Function: noun
: an abnormal fine tremor or vibration in the respiratory or circulatory systems felt on palpationthrill —R. L. Cecil & R. F. Loeb>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

thrill (thrĭl)
n.
The vibration accompanying a cardiac or vascular murmur, detectible on palpation.

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