(v. i.) To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.
(v. t.) To turn round; to twirl.
(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.
(v. i.) To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
(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.
(n.) The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d
(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) They opened it with a flourish to reveal a packet of Trill bird seed.
(2) Professor Monojit Chatterji Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge • Daniel Trilling lays into the EU for failing to act collectively over the migrants issue.
(3) The BBC's coverage is up and running and, as the grating MC persona trills, the boys are being called to the baize.
(4) It makes me feel good … I would very much like to go,” trilled the Chile international.
(5) With the sleeve strapped on, Burkhart trilled his fingers.
(6) The major differences were in the formant patterns of vocalic elements; the frequency of occurrence of fricatives, affricates, and trills; histograms of syllable type; and variation in vowel usage.
(7) Scott’s next retreat is 20-24 April, ecoyoga.org Kriya me a river, south-east Devon Facebook Twitter Pinterest A light-hearted, instinctive teacher, London-based Tania Brown leads seven, one-hour classes over a weekend at comfy, organic Trill Farm near Lyme Regis.
(8) "I had a dream last night where Evra and Suarez came face to face they suddenly took each other in their arms and began to waltz beautifully around the pitch while the crowd hummed the Blue Danube," trills Rick Harris.
(9) "Or emotional illiteracy," as my modern daughters sometimes trill.
(10) Further down the line lay the Notting Hill riots of 1958, Joe Harriott at Ronnie Scott's, the Notting Hill street carnival, the Equals singing Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys, the Clash singing Police and Thieves, football fans throwing bananas at black players, black players becoming international captains, Lenny Henry offering to be repatriated to Dudley, Paul Gilroy's There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack, the Brixton and Toxteth riots of 1981, Janet Kay trilling Silly Games on Top of the Pops, Courtney Pine's Jazz Warriors, the London Community Gospel Choir, the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Zephaniah turning down an MBE, pirate radio, natty dread, funki dred, drum'n'bass, dubstep, grime, Dizzie Rascal.
(11) Results showed that each bird species exhibited superior identification of conspecific final "trill" or "whistle" elements, relative to the alien species.
(12) No rush, lads, you whistle an insouciant trill and scratch the old jacksie.
(13) Fox had taken the stage right after Leadsom, Britain’s luckiest escape, who had trilled wide-eyed: “We’re selling coffee to Brazil, sparkling wine to France and naan bread to India.” We were even, Andrea smiled excitedly, selling “bottled English countryside air for up to £80 a go”.
(14) By the end of the century, he predicted, "the harridans who have been so proud of their spite will be trilling denials at their dinner tables".
(15) It is concluded that trills, twitters, and pecking are produced by activation of dopaminergic mechanisms.
(16) Three females gave brief trills with alternating fast and slow components.
(17) The frequency spectra of the clicks within trills were fully masculinized in females implanted at PM0, PM1, and PM2.
(18) Apical trill was regarded as the correct pronunciation of R in 17th-century German, but malarticulations of this difficult sound were widespread.
(19) Trill rate varied from 16-180 Hz with a mean of about 100, approximately four times the mean trill rate reported for adult talkers.
(20) She called him BAH‑rruck, with a trill of the r's.