Trilling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Trilling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of trill.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of trill.
More Meanings
- The production of a trill sound.
- (crystallography) A compound crystal consisting of three individuals.
- (obsolete, rare) One of three offspring born at the same birth; a triplet.
Example Sentences
About twins and trillings.
Every 67th lying-in woman has twins, every 5333rd has trillings, and only every 150,000th has fourlings.
During the singing act these wing surfaces are moved rapidly on each other, producing the familiar strident trillings of midsummer.
In the embryonic stage, pseudohexagonal trillings resemble those of the post-embryonic stage (Figure 2D,E), and are 1 to 3 μm in diameter.
Word Forms
- trillings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include warble, shake, quaver, trillo, triller, chirr.
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