trill

  • 1Trill — is a type of vibration; it may refer to: * trill (music), a type of musical ornament * trill consonant, a type of sound used in some languages * Trill, a sound similar to the musical ornament made by animals including the Maine Coon cat and… …

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  • 2Trill — Trill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trilling}.] [It. trillare; probably of imitative origin.] To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note. [1913 Webster] The sober… …

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  • 3Trill — Trill, n. [It. trillo, fr. trillare. See {Trill} to shake.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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 …

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  • 4Trill — Trill, v. i. To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver. [1913 Webster] To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5Trill — Trill, v. t. [OE. trillen; cf. Sw. trilla to roll.] To turn round; to twirl. [Obs.] Gascoigne. [1913 Webster] Bid him descend and trill another pin. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6trill — [tril] n. [It trillo < trillare, to trill, of echoic orig.] 1. a rapid alternation of a given musical tone with the tone a diatonic second above it: cf. VIBRATO 2. the warbling sound made by some birds 3. Phonet. a) a rapid vibration of the… …

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  • 7Trill — Trill, v. i. [OE. trillen to roll, turn round; of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. trilla to roll, Dan. trilde, Icel. [thorn]yrla to whirl, and E. thrill. Cf. {Thrill}.] To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle. Sir… …

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  • 8trill — (n.) 1640s, from It. trillio, triglio a quavering or warbling in singing, probably of imitative origin. The verb is 1660s, from It. trillare to quaver, trill. Related: Trilled; trilling …

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  • 9trill — trill·er; trill; …

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  • 10trill — Mot Monosíl·lab Nom masculí …

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