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thrill

  [thril] ,
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–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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Thrill

Thrill\ (thr[i^]l), n. [See Trill.] A warbling; a trill.

Thrill

Thrill\, n. [AS. [thorn]yrel an aperture. See Thrill, v. t.] A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.

Thrill

Thrill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.] [OE. thrillen, [thorn]irlen, [thorn]urlen, to pierce; all probably fr. AS. [thorn]yrlian, [thorn]yrelian, Fr. [thorn]yrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. [thorn]urh through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. [root]53. See Through, and cf. Drill to bore, Nostril, Trill to trickle.]

1. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill. [Obs.]

He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron brand. --Spenser.

2. Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.

To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice. --Shak.

Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the ?eader with sudden delight. --M. Arnold.

The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein. --Spenser.

3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.]

I'll thrill my javelin. --Heywood.

Thrill

Thrill\, v. i. 1. To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame.

I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins. --Shak.

2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.

To seek sweet safety out In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake. --Shak.

Thrill

Thrill\, n. 1. A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.

2. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. --Burns.
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Language Translation for : thrill
Spanish: excitar; emocionar, conmover,
German: begeistern,
Japanese: わくわくさせる
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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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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>
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thrill (thrĭl)
n.
The vibration accompanying a cardiac or vascular murmur, detectible on palpation.

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