trill´er

trill´er
trill1 «trihl», verb, noun.
–v.t., v.i.
1. to sound or speak with a tremulous, vibrating, high-pitched sound: »

The child burst in, trilling with laughter (Rudyard Kipling).

2. to sing with a tremulous vibration of sound: »

to trill an aria. Some birds trill their songs.

3. to play so as to make such a sound: »

to trill on a flute.

4. Phonetics. to pronounce with a trill.
–n.
1. the act or sound of trilling: »

the trill of a wren.

2. a) a quick alternation of two musical tones either a tone or a half tone apart; shake. b) a tremolo or vibrato.
3. Phonetics. a) a sound produced by causing the breath stream to produce rapid vibration of the lips, tongue, or uvula, as in certain pronunciations of r. b) the rapid vibration of one of these organs. c) a consonant so pronounced. Spanish rr is a trill.
╂[< Italian trillare; probably imitative]
–trill´er noun.
trill2 «trihl», transitive verb, intransitive verb.
Archaic. to trickle.
╂[perhaps < Scandinavian (compare Norwegian, Swedish trilla to roll, trundle)]

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