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verb (used with object)
1.
to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect.
2.
Phonetics. to produce (a sound) with a trill.
3.
(of birds, insects, etc.) to sing or utter in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds.
verb (used without object)
4.
to resound vibrantly, or with a rapid succession of sounds, as the voice, song, or laughter.
5.
to utter or make a sound or succession of sounds resembling such singing, as a bird, frog, grasshopper, or person laughing.
6.
to execute a shake or trill with the voice or on a musical instrument.
7.
Phonetics. to execute a trill, especially with the tongue, as while singing, talking, or whistling.
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| uttered without phonation |
| a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate |
noun
8.
the act or sound of trilling.
9.
Music. a rapid alternation of two adjacent tones; a shake.
10.
a similar sound, or succession of sounds, uttered or made by a bird, an insect, a person laughing, etc.
11.
Phonetics.
a.
a sequence of repetitive, rapid, vibratory movements produced in any free articulator or membrane by a rush of air expelled from the lungs and often causing a corresponding sequence of contacts between the vibrating articulator and another organ or surface.
b.
a speech sound produced by such a trill.
Origin:
1635–45; < Italian trillo quaver or warble in singing ≪ Germanic; compare Dutch trillen to vibrate, late Middle English trillen to shake or rock (something)
1635–45; < Italian trillo quaver or warble in singing ≪ Germanic; compare Dutch trillen to vibrate, late Middle English trillen to shake or rock (something)
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verb (used without object)
1.
to flow in a thin stream; trickle.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to flow in a thin stream.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English trillen to make (something) turn, to roll, flow (said of tears, water) < Old Danish trijlæ to roll (said, e.g., of tears and of a wheelbarrow); compare Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla. See trill1
1300–50; Middle English trillen to make (something) turn, to roll, flow (said of tears, water) < Old Danish trijlæ to roll (said, e.g., of tears and of a wheelbarrow); compare Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla. See trill1
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| trill2 (trɪl) | |
| —vb, —n | |
| an archaic or poetic word for trickle | |
| [C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Norwegian trilla to roll; see | |
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Word Origin & History
trill
1649, from It. trillio, triglio "a quavering or warbling in singing," probably of imitative origin. The verb is 1666, from It. trillare "to quaver, trill."
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trill
in phonetics, a vibration or series of flaps (see flap) of the tongue, lips, or uvula against some other part of the mouth. The Spanish rr in perro ("dog") is a tongue trill, and the French r is sometimes pronounced as an uvular trill
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