trill
1to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect.
Phonetics. to produce (a sound) with a trill.
(of birds, insects, etc.) to sing or utter in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds.
to resound vibrantly, or with a rapid succession of sounds, as the voice, song, or laughter.
to utter or make a sound or succession of sounds resembling such singing, as a bird, frog, grasshopper, or person laughing.
to execute a shake or trill with the voice or on a musical instrument.
Phonetics. to execute a trill, especially with the tongue, as while singing, talking, or whistling.
the act or sound of trilling.
Music. a rapid alternation of two adjacent tones; a shake.
a similar sound, or succession of sounds, uttered or made by a bird, an insect, a person laughing, etc.
Phonetics.
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.
a speech sound produced by such a trill.
Origin of trill
1Other words for trill
Other definitions for trill (2 of 2)
to flow in a thin stream; trickle.
to cause to flow in a thin stream.
Origin of trill
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British Dictionary definitions for trill (1 of 2)
/ (trɪl) /
music a melodic ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between a principal note and the note a whole tone or semitone above it: Usual symbol: (written above a note) tr., tr
a shrill warbling sound, esp as made by some birds
phonetics
the articulation of an (r) sound produced by holding the tip of the tongue close to the alveolar ridge, allowing the tongue to make a succession of taps against the ridge
the production of a similar effect using the uvula against the back of the tongue
to sound, sing, or play (a trill or with a trill)
(tr) to pronounce (an (r) sound) by the production of a trill
Origin of trill
1British Dictionary definitions for trill (2 of 2)
/ (trɪl) /
an archaic or poetic word for trickle
Origin of trill
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