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- pronunciation:
- trIl
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb & intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a rapid tremulous alternation of one musical tone with an adjacent whole or half tone; vibrato; tremolo.
- similar words:
- quaver
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| definition 2: |
a similar tremulous or quavering sound, or succession of such sounds, made by a bird or insect; warble.
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| definition 3: |
any rapid vibration of the tongue or uvula in the pronunciation of certain speech sounds, such as the "r" in Italian or Spanish.
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| definition 4: |
a sound so produced.
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| related words: |
tremor |
adjective + (n.)trill
bright, descending, distant, distinctive, eerie, flat, high-pitched, indelicate, little, piercing, sexual, slight, soft, special, throaty
verb + (n.)trill
drown, end, fill, lay, play, practice, rise, run, sing, slide, sound, whistle
noun + (n.)trill
acknowledgment,
air,
bell,
bird,
blast,
breath,
cell,
chirp,
chord,
clack,
click,
cricket,
ecstasy,
film,
finger,
flute,
grace,
horn,
key,
laughter,
lip,
music,
note,
ornamentation,
phone,
pleasure,
run,
sound,
toad,
tremor,
twitter,
violin,
voice,
warble,
whistle
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
trills, trilling, trilled |
| definition: |
to sing, play, sound, or utter with a trill.
- similar words:
- quaver, vibrate
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| related words: |
sing |
adverb + (v.)trill
anymore, indeed, softly, suddenly, thus
(v.)trill
+ noun
alarm,
bar,
branch,
brush,
canary,
castle,
chatter,
field,
forest,
insect,
laugh,
mail,
mockingbird,
nightingale,
play,
sentence,
series,
song,
step,
tongue,
tree,
trumpet,
tune,
wail,
window
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| derivation: |
triller (n.) |
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