Trill — Defs

01 v. i. To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.

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To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.
“And now and then an ample tear trilled down Her delicate cheek.” — Shak.

“Whispered sounds Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.” — Glover.

02 v. t. To turn round; to twirl.

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To turn round; to twirl.[Obs.]
“Bid him descend and trill another pin.” — Chaucer.

03 v. t. To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.

imp. & p. p. Trilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trilling

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To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.
“The sober-suited songstress trills her lay.” — Thomson.

04 v. i. To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

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To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
“To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet.” — Dryden.

05 n. A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of th…

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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.
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The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d
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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.(Mus.) See: Shake