EGAVE

trill

About 0.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
  2. noun A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.
  3. noun A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.
  4. verb To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
  5. verb To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
    to trill a note, or the letter r
  6. verb To trickle.
  7. verb To twirl.
  8. adjective True; respected.

Similar words

warble shake quaver vibrato sing buzzy uvular quan tremolo ribattuta

Often followed by

of and is in on be with or that

Word family

shake trilled triller trillers trilling trills

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