Definition of trill

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Trill (n.) 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..

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Trill :: Trill (n.) 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..
Thrill :: Thrill (n.) A warbling; a trill.
Trill :: Trill (v. i.) To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle..
Trillo :: Trillo (n.) A trill or shake. See Trill.
Trillium :: Trillium (n.) A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.
Trill :: Trill (n.) 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..
Trilled :: Trilled (imp. & p. p.) of Tril.
Trilling :: Trilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tril.
Shake :: Shake (v.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music..
Trill :: Trill (v. t.) To turn round; to twirl.
Warble :: Warble (v. t.) To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain birds are remarkable for warbling their songs..
Twelfth-second :: Twelfth-second (n.) A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second..
Trill :: Trill (v. i.) To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
Warble :: Warble (v. i.) To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations..
Trill :: Trill (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..
Dictyogen :: Dictyogen (n.) A plant with net-veined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogenae, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreaceae, Smilaceae, Trilliaceae, etc..
Trill :: Trill (n.) The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d.
Trilling :: Trilling (n.) One of tree children born at the same birth.
Mordente :: Mordente (n.) An embellishment resembling a trill.
Shake :: Shake (n.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
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