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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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