EGAVE

triller

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A small passerine bird of the genus Lalage belonging to the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae, so called because of the loud trilling calls of the male birds.
  2. noun One who or that which trills.
  3. noun A musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes.

Similar words

warbler lark shrike triddler tattler screecher greater short-toed lark cuckooshrike trumpeter shrike-tanager

Often followed by

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Word family

trill trilled trillers trilling trills

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