Trill ¹

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

Trill ²

Definition: To turn round; to twirl.

Trill ³

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

Trill ⁴

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

Trill ⁵

Definition: 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.

Trill ⁶

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

Trill ⁷

Definition: 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.

trill ⁸

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

trill ⁹

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

trill ¹⁰

Definition: pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r''; "Some speakers trill their r''s"