thrill
IPA: θrˈɪɫ
noun
- A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
- A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
- (medicine) A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
- A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
verb
- (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
- (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
- (obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
- (obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- (machining) To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.
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Examples of "thrill" in Sentences
- I like the thrill of the hunt.
- I'm thrilled to see the celebrity.
- I like the thrill and the suspense.
- In the forest, the action is thrilling.
- Seduction happens to be a thrilling art.
- I feel thrilled with the touch of the fog
- I like the thrill, the suspense and the win.
- But the subject itself is not that thrilling.
- It is a thrilling exepenence for the Swimmers.
- The pulse is exciting, the thrill of discovery palpable.
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