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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Examples of "trill" in Sentences
- He trilled the audience.
- It is a voiced dental trill r .
- That trembling is the glottal trill.
- The trill is the most difficult of all vocal exercises.
- The call also tends to waver up and down with the trill.
- In case you didn't know, the word "trill" has a new primary meaning.
- In the related aryepiglottal trill, the arytenoid cartilages vibrate.
- Dear Miss Betham, -- That accursed word trill has vexed me excessively.
- Increasing the stricture of a typical trill results in a trilled fricative.
- To me, Ladefoged's recording sounded more like a gargle than a uvular trill.
- The Fairy Godmother's coloratura trills and arpeggios are especially magical.
- That eerie wailing at the end of the title theme is a team of trilling horns.
- The pianos provide occasional ping and trills of other birds in the background.
- I would be the one that sat with the other kids while DH got on the "trill" rides.
- There still remains the trill, which is best practised in the beginning as follows: --
- Watch out for the headline that Wales bans 'trill' and Cardiff market stole holders go bust.
- [The trill is a voiced sound but I found that trying it first voiced lowered the point of articulation to the glottis or pharynx.]
- Bun-B establishes himself as a contemporary authority on sincerity and authenticity ( "trill") on the early track "Put It Down," where he raps, "When it comes to being trill I'm a litmus test."
- Most painful to me, however, is that the trill, which is so important to the understanding of the sonata's main theme, is to be played fortissimo, while elsewhere in the movement remaining remote and mysterious.
- To expect to maintain this exaltation with our present nature is like requiring of the athlete that he never relax his muscles, or of the prima donna that she never cease the exquisite trill which is but the momentary proof of what her present organization is capable.