trill
IPA: trˈɪɫ
noun
- (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
- (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.
- A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.
verb
- (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
- (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To trickle.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To twirl.
adjective
- (slang, hip-hop culture) True, respected.
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