trilled

  • 31trill — [[t]trɪ̱l[/t]] trills, trilling, trilled 1) VERB If a bird trills, it sings with short, high pitched, repeated notes. At one point a bird trilled in the Conservatory. 2) VERB If you say that a woman trills, you mean that she talks or laughs in a… …

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  • 32warble — war·ble || wÉ”rbl / wɔːbl n. trilled and modulated voice; hard lump on horse´s back caused by a saddle v. sing with trilled and modulated voice …

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  • 33warbles — war·ble || wÉ”rbl / wɔːbl n. trilled and modulated voice; hard lump on horse´s back caused by a saddle v. sing with trilled and modulated voice …

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  • 34trill — I UK [trɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms trill : singular trill plural trills music a) a musical sound made by singing or playing two similar notes one after the other very quickly b) a sound similar to a musical trill, made for example by a… …

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  • 35hirrient — /hirˈi ənt/ adjective Roughly trilled noun A trilled sound ORIGIN: L hirriēns, entis, prp of hirrīre to snarl …

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  • 36uptrilled — upˈtrilled adjective (Coleridge) Trilled high • • • Main Entry: ↑up …

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  • 37Trill — Trill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trilling}.] [It. trillare; probably of imitative origin.] To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note. [1913 Webster] The sober… …

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  • 38Trill — Trill, v. i. [OE. trillen to roll, turn round; of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. trilla to roll, Dan. trilde, Icel. [thorn]yrla to whirl, and E. thrill. Cf. {Thrill}.] To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle. Sir… …

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  • 39Trilling — Trill Trill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trilling}.] [It. trillare; probably of imitative origin.] To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note. [1913 Webster] The… …

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  • 40chirr — noun Etymology: imitative Date: circa 1600 the short vibrant or trilled sound characteristic of an insect (as a grasshopper or cicada) • chirr intransitive verb …

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