Trill

·vt To turn round; to Twirl.

II. Trill ·noun The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d.

III. Trill ·vi To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to Trickle.

IV. Trill ·vt To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.

V. Trill ·vi To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to Quaver.

VI. Trill ·noun 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.

VII. Trill ·noun 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.