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Trill

noun

A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it. Synonym: shake.

The articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant 'r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula.

verb

(past & past part. trilled; pres. part. trilling)

Pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme 'r'.

Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below. Synonyms: quaver, warble.

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"Trill" Quotes from Famous Books

... I never knew how much snap and go there was to it until I heard Miss Hampton trill it out. Why, she just tosses up that perky chin of hers and turns loose the catchy melody until you felt the warm waves splashin' and saw the moonlight dancin' across the bay! I don't know where or what this Santa Lucia ...

— Torchy, Private Sec. • Sewell Ford

... is amiable throughout. It cannot be that they said too much in that letter from Paris." A little trill of bitter laughter escaped her. "We are to continue to make this our home for as long as it shall pleasure us. So long ...

— St. Martin's Summer • Rafael Sabatini

... fragrant that in my admiration for them I almost forgot my pain. The sun went down, but no house appeared in sight. Over the western heavens flamed the brilliant hues of the afterglow, and from the long grass came the sad, monotonous trill of some night insect. Troops of hooded gulls flew by me on their way from their feeding grounds to the water, uttering their long, hoarse, laughter-like cries. How buoyant and happy they seemed, flying with ...

— The Purple Land • W. H. Hudson

... braw fellows, who can push their own way in the world and fend for themselves. Not like—" he glanced over to the group on the grass, and stopped. Yet at that moment a hearty trill of thoroughly childish laughter seemed to rebuke the ...

— A Noble Life • Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

... Dan Tucker." Oh, I put vim into it, I can tell you! And bad as my playing was, I had from the start an absorption of attention from my audience that Paderewski himself might have envied. I wound up with a lively trill in the high notes and took my whistle from my lips with a hearty laugh, for the whole thing had been downright good fun, the playing itself, the make-believe which went with it, the surprise and interest in the children's ...

— The Friendly Road - New Adventures in Contentment • (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker

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