Trill

Quick meaning: Trill is a noun meaning A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.

Meaning

A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To trickle.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To twirl.
4. (African-American Vernacular, slang) True; respected.
5. (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
6. (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.
7. (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

Example Sentences

to trill a note, or the letter r

The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.

To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.

Whisper'd sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.

Word Forms

• trills
• trilling
• trilled
• triller
• trillest

Synonyms for trill

Depending on context, synonyms include chirl, chirr, quaver, warble, wobble, roll.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include warble, shake, quaver, vibrato, sing, buzzy.

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