Trilled
verb (used with object)
1.
to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect.
2.
Phonetics. to produce (a sound) with a trill.
3.
(of birds, insects, etc.) to sing or utter in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds.
verb (used without object)
4.
to resound vibrantly, or with a rapid succession of sounds, as the voice, song, or laughter.
5.
to utter or make a sound or succession of sounds resembling such singing, as a bird, frog, grasshopper, or person laughing.
6.
to execute a shake or trill with the voice or on a musical instrument.
7.
Phonetics. to execute a trill, especially with the tongue, as while singing, talking, or whistling.
noun
8.
the act or sound of trilling.
9.
Music. a rapid alternation of two adjacent tones; a shake.
10.
a similar sound, or succession of sounds, uttered or made by a bird, an insect, a person laughing, etc.
11.
Phonetics.
a sequence of repetitive, rapid, vibratory movements produced in any free articulator or membrane by a rush of air expelled from the lungs and often causing a corresponding sequence of contacts between the vibrating articulator and another organ or surface.
a speech sound produced by such a trill.
verb (used without object)
1.
to flow in a thin stream; trickle.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to flow in a thin stream.
noun
1.
(music) a melodic ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between a principal note and the note a whole tone or semitone above it Usual symbol (written above a note) tr., tr
2.
a shrill warbling sound, esp as made by some birds
3.
(phonetics)
the articulation of an (r) sound produced by holding the tip of the tongue close to the alveolar ridge, allowing the tongue to make a succession of taps against the ridge
the production of a similar effect using the uvula against the back of the tongue
verb
4.
to sound, sing, or play (a trill or with a trill)
5.
(transitive) to pronounce (an (r) sound) by the production of a trill
verb, noun
1.
an archaic or poetic word for trickle
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