trill

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.

2. 2transitive verb

   To turn round; to twirl.

3. 3transitive verb

   To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

5. 5noun

   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.

6. 6noun

   The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d

7. 7noun

   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.

8. 8noun

   a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

   Synonyms

   shake
9. 9noun

   the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula

   "he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill"

10. 10verb

    sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

    Synonyms

    quaverwarble
11. 11verb

    pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'

    "Some speakers trill their r's"