trill
2
7.7
- noun
- /trɪl/
- Specialized
:
vibrante
- There was a slight trill to her voice that Deborah noticed instantly.
- trill sound
- trill in the voice
Examples
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"The little girl let out a trill of laughter.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then he let out his breath with a trill.
Fiction book (1998) -
Elayne laughed at her, a lighthearted trill, and it very nearly sounded unforced.
Fiction book (1992) -
Not the noisy caw of the crow, but a background of trills and cheeps, rising and falling like a river of sound.
Fiction book (1997) -
The trooper raises the horn to his lips, and the high keening trill of the hunting horn sounds atop Badon Hill.
Blog text (15) -
A flock of strangely colored birds glides below, their trills merging with the music like a choir.
Fiction book (2000) -
Upstream, a plover piped a plaintive, curlicued trill at the presence of intruders as men stalked the shore for firewood.
Fiction book (1994) -
The singer's beautiful trill captivated the audience during her performance.
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When she pronounced the word 'sparkle', her tongue made a lovely trill that was hard to miss.
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In the quiet morning, I heard the trill of a bird echoing through the trees.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trill comes from an old sound word that copies a bird's quick note, and a trill is that small, repeated 'vibration' of the tongue or uvula, which helps you remember it is a fast sound in speech.