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/tɹɪl/ · noun
(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..
To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.
to trill a note, or the letter r
The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.
Whisper'd sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.
I come now from seeing of a shepheard at Medoc[…]who had no signe at all of genitorie parts: But where they should be, are three little holes, by which his water doth continually tril from him.
And now and then an ample tear trilled down / Her delicate cheek.
All my trill niggas know who be bringin da funk / Lees and shell toes like it's Black History Month
LAMAR: Oh, really? That's a nice change from fools comin' up on us. / FRANKLIN: That's trill, homie. / LAMAR: You damn straight that's trill, partner, but it's a shame I don't believe it. You wanna drop some notes on that shit, I'll give you the odds, homie.
Use trill when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Trill means (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..
Common synonyms include chirl, chirr, quaver, trill.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.
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