"trill" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: triller [comparative], trillest [superlative]
Etymology: Perhaps a blend of true + real. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|true|real|nocap=1}} blend of true + real Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} trill (comparative triller, superlative trillest)
  1. (slang, hip-hop culture) True, respected. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-trill-en-adj-bicLUczN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /tɹɪl/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪl] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trill.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trills [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trillen}} Middle English trillen, {{der|en|it|trillo}} Italian trillo, {{m|it|trillare}} trillare, {{cog|no|trille}} Norwegian trille, {{cog|sv|trilla}} Swedish trilla Head templates: {{en-noun}} trill (plural trills)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Music Translations (rapid alternation of notes): تَكْرِير (takrīr) [masculine] (Arabic), трела (trela) [feminine] (Bulgarian), тремоло (tremolo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), trinat [masculine] (Catalan), 顫音 (Chinese Mandarin), 颤音 (chànyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), trylek [masculine] (Czech), triller [masculine] (Dutch), trilli (Finnish), trille [masculine] (French), Triller [masculine] (German), סִלְסוּל (silsúl) [masculine] (Hebrew), trilla [feminine] (Icelandic), tríleach [masculine] (Irish), trillo [masculine] (Italian), 顫音 (sen'on) (alt: せんおん) (Japanese), トリル (toriru) (Japanese), 트릴 (teuril) (Korean), whakawanawana (Maori), whakahoho (Maori), स्वरकंप (svarkampa) (Marathi), trel [masculine] (Polish), tryl [masculine] (Polish), trilo [masculine] (Portuguese), trino [masculine] (Portuguese), trinado [masculine] (Portuguese), трель (trelʹ) [feminine] (Russian), trino [masculine] (Spanish), drill [common-gender] (Swedish), pakatal (Tagalog), kiyebro (Tagalog), láy rền (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-trill-en-noun-vTpJLInD Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'rapid alternation of notes': 80 12 7
  2. (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/. Categories (topical): Phonetics, Vocalizations Translations (vibrating consonant): թրթռուն (tʿrtʿṙun) (Armenian), dardarkari anizkun (Basque), consonant vibrant [feminine] (Catalan), 顫音 (Chinese Mandarin), 颤音 (chànyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), trilo (Esperanto), tremulantti (Finnish), täryäänne (Finnish), consonne roulée [feminine] (French), Vibrant [masculine] (German), πολυπαλλόμενο (polypallómeno) [neuter] (Greek), עיצורים מורעדים [plural] (Hebrew), sveifluhljóð [neuter] (Icelandic), consan rollta [masculine] (Irish), consonante vibrante [feminine] (Italian), trillo [masculine] (Italian), 震え音 (furueon) (alt: ふるえおん) (Japanese), 顫動音 (sendōon) (alt: せんどうおん) (Japanese), 전동음 (jeondong'eum) (alt: 顫動音) (Korean), spółgłoska drżąca [feminine] (Polish), vibrante (Portuguese), consoană vibrantă [feminine] (Romanian), вибри́рующий согла́сный (vibrírujuščij soglásnyj) [masculine] (Russian), vibrante [feminine] (Spanish), tremulant [common-gender] (Swedish), vibrant [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-trill-en-noun-mhvEPJgG Disambiguation of Vocalizations: 5 20 26 17 14 10 5 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 26 32 12 11 9 2 6 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'vibrating consonant': 27 49 24
  3. A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.
    Sense id: en-trill-en-noun-OW0tEkIF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chirl [Scotland], chirr, quaver, trill, warble, wobble Hypernyms: sound Hyponyms: yodel Derived forms: trilly Related terms: birdsong, shake, trembling, vibrate, mordente, tremolo, vibrato
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /tɹɪl/, [t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪl] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trill.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trills [present, singular, third-person], trilling [participle, present], trilled [participle, past], trilled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trillen}} Middle English trillen, {{der|en|it|trillo}} Italian trillo, {{m|it|trillare}} trillare, {{cog|no|trille}} Norwegian trille, {{cog|sv|trilla}} Swedish trilla Head templates: {{en-verb}} trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)
  1. (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. Tags: intransitive Translations (to make a tremulous sound): trylkovat [imperfective] (Czech), triller (French), trillern (German), wanawana (Maori), whakahoho (Maori)
    Sense id: en-trill-en-verb-dSOkCYW0 Disambiguation of 'to make a tremulous sound': 96 4
  2. (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-trill-en-verb-QyfO6MVH Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 12 10 10 10 11 24 10 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: roll Derived forms: triller
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: trills [present, singular, third-person], trilling [participle, present], trilled [participle, past], trilled [past]
Etymology: Perhaps identical to Etymology 3, but compare the same sense of drill, and German trillen, drillen. Etymology templates: {{m|en|drill}} drill, {{cog|de|trillen}} German trillen, {{m|de|drillen}} drillen Head templates: {{en-verb}} trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To trickle. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-trill-en-verb-al1lvPcr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: trills [present, singular, third-person], trilling [participle, present], trilled [participle, past], trilled [past]
Etymology: Probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl, and Swedish trilla, Norwegian trille, etc. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|þweran||to twirl, stir}} Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”), {{m|en|twirl}} twirl, {{m|en|thirl}} thirl, {{cog|sv|trilla}} Swedish trilla, {{cog|no|trille}} Norwegian trille Head templates: {{en-verb}} trill (third-person singular simple present trills, present participle trilling, simple past and past participle trilled)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To twirl. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Related terms: tirl
    Sense id: en-trill-en-verb-fqDfiJw6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "word": "סִלְסוּל"
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          "word": "tríleach"
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          "alt": "せんおん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 12 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "toriru",
          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
          "word": "トリル"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "teuril",
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          "word": "트릴"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
          "word": "whakawanawana"
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "svarkampa",
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          "word": "स्वरकंप"
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          "_dis1": "80 12 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 12 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 12 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
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          "word": "trilo"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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        {
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          "word": "drill"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
          "word": "pakatal"
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          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
          "word": "kiyebro"
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          "_dis1": "80 12 7",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
          "word": "láy rền"
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          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tʿrtʿṙun",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "word": "թրթռուն"
        },
        {
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "word": "dardarkari anizkun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "consonant vibrant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "word": "顫音"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chànyīn",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "word": "颤音"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "word": "trilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "word": "tremulantti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "word": "täryäänne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "consonne roulée"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Vibrant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "polypallómeno",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "πολυπαλλόμενο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "עיצורים מורעדים"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sveifluhljóð"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "consan rollta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "consonante vibrante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trillo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "furueon",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "alt": "せんどうおん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sendōon",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "word": "顫動音"
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        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
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          "roman": "jeondong'eum",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "word": "전동음"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spółgłoska drżąca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "word": "vibrante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "consoană vibrantă"
        },
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          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
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          "roman": "vibrírujuščij soglásnyj",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вибри́рующий согла́сный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vibrante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
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            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tremulant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 49 24",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "vibrating consonant",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "vibrant"
        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats."
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      "ipa": "/tɹɪl/"
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      "ipa": "[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪl]"
    },
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    },
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "warble"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "present",
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      "form": "trilling",
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          "ref": "1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy",
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        }
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        "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."
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        "(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."
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "sense": "to make a tremulous sound",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "trylkovat"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "sense": "to make a tremulous sound",
          "word": "triller"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make a tremulous sound",
          "word": "trillern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to make a tremulous sound",
          "word": "wanawana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make a tremulous sound",
          "word": "whakahoho"
        }
      ]
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          "name": "English blends",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "to trill a note, or the letter r",
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        }
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        "To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill."
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        "(transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɹɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪl]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
    },
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        "Southern-England"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "roll"
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          "text": "Whisper'd sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone.",
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        "To trickle."
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        "(intransitive, obsolete) To trickle."
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    }
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        "5": "to twirl, stir"
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      "expansion": "Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”)",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "twirl"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "form": "trills",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "trilling",
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    {
      "form": "trilled",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trilled",
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        "past"
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  ],
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    {
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        "To twirl."
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        "(intransitive, obsolete) To twirl."
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        {
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      ],
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        "obsolete"
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
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        "nocap": "1"
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    {
      "form": "triller",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "trillest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
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      "expansion": "trill (comparative triller, superlative trillest)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, “Black History Month”, in The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, performed by Saul Williams",
          "text": "All my trill niggas know who be bringin da funk / Lees and shell toes like it's Black History Month",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games, level/area: Repossession",
          "text": "LAMAR: Oh, really? That's a nice change from fools comin' up on us. / FRANKLIN: That's trill, homie. / LAMAR: You damn straight that's trill, partner, but it's a shame I don't believe it. You wanna drop some notes on that shit, I'll give you the odds, homie.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, “Wild for the Night”, performed by A$AP Rocky",
          "text": "Middle finger to the critics, me and my nigga Skrillex / You know we finna kill it, A$AP we the trillest",
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        "True, respected."
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          "true"
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          "respected"
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      "qualifier": "hip-hop culture",
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        "(slang, hip-hop culture) True, respected."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "trill"
}
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    "English adjectives",
    "English blends",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪl",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪl/1 syllable",
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        "2": "trilla"
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      "expansion": "Swedish trilla",
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    {
      "form": "trills",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
      "word": "sound"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
      "word": "yodel"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
      "word": "birdsong"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
      "word": "shake"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
      "word": "tremolo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
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        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "music"
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        [
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        [
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        [
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
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    {
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        "en:Phonetics"
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        "(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/."
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats."
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[t̠ʰɹ̠̊ɪl]"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪl"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "chirl"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
      "word": "chirr"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
      "word": "quaver"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
      "word": "trill"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
      "word": "warble"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:trill",
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    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "takrīr",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَكْرِير"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trela",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трела"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tremolo",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "тремоло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trinat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "顫音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chànyīn",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "颤音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trylek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triller"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "trilli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trille"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Triller"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "silsúl",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סִלְסוּל"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tríleach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trillo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんおん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sen'on",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "顫音"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toriru",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "トリル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "teuril",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "트릴"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "whakawanawana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "whakahoho"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "svarkampa",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "स्वरकंप"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tryl"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trinado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trelʹ",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трель"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trino"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "drill"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "pakatal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "kiyebro"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rapid alternation of notes",
      "word": "láy rền"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʿrtʿṙun",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "թրթռուն"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "dardarkari anizkun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consonant vibrant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "顫音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chànyīn",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "颤音"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "trilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "tremulantti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "täryäänne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consonne roulée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vibrant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "polypallómeno",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πολυπαλλόμενο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "עיצורים מורעדים"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sveifluhljóð"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "consan rollta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consonante vibrante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trillo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふるえおん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furueon",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "震え音"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんどうおん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sendōon",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "顫動音"
    },
    {
      "alt": "顫動音",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeondong'eum",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "전동음"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spółgłoska drżąca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "word": "vibrante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consoană vibrantă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vibrírujuščij soglásnyj",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вибри́рующий согла́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tremulant"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "vibrating consonant",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vibrant"
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}

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        "(transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill."
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      "sense": "to make a tremulous sound",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "wanawana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a tremulous sound",
      "word": "whakahoho"
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}

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      "links": [
        [
          "twirl",
          "twirl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To twirl."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "trill"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English blends",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "en:Vocalizations"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "true",
        "3": "real",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "blend of true + real",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps a blend of true + real.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "triller",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trillest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "trill (comparative triller, superlative trillest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, “Black History Month”, in The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!, performed by Saul Williams",
          "text": "All my trill niggas know who be bringin da funk / Lees and shell toes like it's Black History Month",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games, level/area: Repossession",
          "text": "LAMAR: Oh, really? That's a nice change from fools comin' up on us. / FRANKLIN: That's trill, homie. / LAMAR: You damn straight that's trill, partner, but it's a shame I don't believe it. You wanna drop some notes on that shit, I'll give you the odds, homie.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, “Wild for the Night”, performed by A$AP Rocky",
          "text": "Middle finger to the critics, me and my nigga Skrillex / You know we finna kill it, A$AP we the trillest",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "True, respected."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "True",
          "true"
        ],
        [
          "respected",
          "respected"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "hip-hop culture",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, hip-hop culture) True, respected."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "trill"
}

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