'TRILL' definitions:
Definition of 'trill'
(from WordNet)
noun
A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it [syn: trill, shake]
noun
The articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula; "he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill"
verb
Pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; "Some speakers trill their r's"
verb
Definition of 'Trill'
From: GCIDE
- Trill \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]
Definition of 'Trill'
From: GCIDE
- Trill \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-suited songstress trills her lay. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Trill'
From: GCIDE
- Trill \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]
Definition of 'Trill'
From: GCIDE
- Trill \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 W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- And now and then an ample tear trilled down Her delicate cheek. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Whispered sounds Of waters, trilling from the riven stone. --Glover. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Trill'
From: GCIDE
- Trill \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, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'trill'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anthem,
- babble,
- ballad,
- Bebung,
- bubble,
- burble,
- cackle,
- call,
- carol,
- caw,
- chant,
- chatter,
- cheep,
- chirk,
- chirp,
- chirr,
- chirrup,
- chitter,
- choir,
- chorus,
- chuck,
- clack,
- cluck,
- cock-a-doodle-doo,
- coo,
- croak,
- cronk,
- croon,
- crow,
- cuckoo,
- descant,
- distill,
- do-re-mi,
- dribble,
- drip,
- drop,
- drum,
- falter,
- flutter,
- gabble,
- gaggle,
- gobble,
- guggle,
- gurgle,
- honk,
- hoo,
- hoot,
- hum,
- hymn,
- intonate,
- intone,
- lap,
- leak,
- leak out,
- lilt,
- minstrel,
- peep,
- pip,
- pipe,
- plash,
- psalm,
- purl,
- quack,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- ripple,
- roll,
- roulade,
- scold,
- serenade,
- shake,
- sing,
- sing in chorus,
- slosh,
- sol-fa,
- solmizate,
- splash,
- squawk,
- swash,
- swish,
- tremble,
- tremolando,
- tremolant,
- tremolo,
- tremor,
- trickle,
- trillet,
- trilleto,
- trillo,
- troll,
- tweedle,
- tweedledee,
- tweet,
- twit,
- twitter,
- vibrato,
- vocalize,
- warble,
- wash,
- weep,
- whistle,
- yodel
Acronyms for 'trill'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (RFC 5556)