Trill

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A fluttering or tremulous sound, as that made by certain birds; a warble.
  • n. Music The rapid alternation of two tones either a whole or a half tone apart.
  • n. Music A vibrato.
  • n. Linguistics A rapid vibration of one speech organ against another, as of the tongue against the alveolar ridge in Spanish rr.
  • n. Linguistics A speech sound pronounced with such a vibration.
  • v. To sound, sing, or play with a trill.
  • v. To articulate (a sound) with a trill.
  • verb-intransitive. To produce or give forth a trill.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation, for example, Spanish rr.
  • v. To create a trill sound.
  • v. To trickle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.
  • v. To turn round; to twirl.
  • v. To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill
  • verb-intransitive. To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
  • n. A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part.
  • n. The action of the organs in producing such sounds. d.
  • n. A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale. See Shake.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To turn round rapidly; twirl; whirl.
  • To roll to and fro; rock.
  • To throw; cast.
  • To pour out.
  • To roll.
  • To rock; swing to and fro; shake; quiver.
  • To roll down, as water; trickle.
  • To sound with tremulous vibrations.
  • To sing in a quavering manner; specifically, to execute a shake or trill.
  • To sing in a quavering or tremulous manner; pipe.
  • To pronounce with a quick vibration of the tongue; roll, as the sound of r.
  • n. A quavering, tremulous sound; a rapid, trembling series or succession of tones; a warbling.
  • n. In music, same as shake, 5; also, formerly, the effect now called the vibrato.
  • n. A consonant pronounced with a trilling sound, as r.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'
  • n. the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula
  • n. a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
  • v. sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
  • Verb Form
    trilled    trilling    trills   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    articulate    enunciate    say    sound out    pronounce    enounce    articulation    tone    musical note    note   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    shake   
    Form
    trilled    Trilling    trilly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    trickle    twirl    quaver    vibration    roll    burr    rhotacism    tremolo    vibrato    tremblement   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bastille    Belleville    Bill    Brazil    Brill    Gil    Gill    Hill    Jill    Lil   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chirp    croak    sing    chime    carol    Trilling    tinkle    peal    cadence    chuckle