Trill is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for TRILL in dictionary:

VERB:
• to play with a tremulous sound
• produce a quavering or warbling sound
• pronounce (a consonant) by rapid vibration of the tongue against the hard or soft palate or the uvula.
• To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.
• To turn round; to twirl.
• To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.
• To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
• pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r\'
• sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
• play or sing a trill
NOUN:
• a quavering or vibratory sound, especially a rapid alternation of sung or played notes
• the pronunciation of a consonant, especially r, with rapid vibration of the tongue against the hard or soft palate or the uvula.
• rapid alternation between two notes
• 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.
• The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d
• 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.
• a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
• the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r\') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to sing or play with a vibrating effect

Words related to TRILL

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Words that contain TRILL

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How to use TRILL in a sentence

• There was a deal of lace on it, which fluttered when she made her hands shake to accompany each trill, and all this really contributed to the general impression of insanity.
• You got that high trill that Linda had to screech through.
• She stopped, and it seemed to her that all the world stopped with her to hear the first soft trill of a nightingale through the tender dusk.
• For a time she lay at ease listening to the trill of birds and the trickle of water.
• Shortly afterwards the trill of the door-bell pealed through the flat, followed by a sound of footsteps in the hall, and, a minute later, Maryon Rooke came into the room.
• The trill exercise must be practised almost as a scream.
• Trill exercises must be performed with great energy, on the whole compass of the voice.
• Practise it first as slowly and vigorously as the strength of the throat allows, then faster and faster, till one day the trill unexpectedly appears.
• Every voice must master the trill, after a period, longer or shorter, of proper practice.
• When the principal note is preceded by a small note on the degree above, it is of course understood that the trill begins on the tone above.
• Eagerly he waited, hoping that she would again lift up her sweet voice, for it had sounded like the trill of birds in the woodland to his enraptured ear.
• Half a minute later it gave a tiny high trill and then, having thus tried its voice, began singing.
• Later I heard the trill of frogs, which was the last sound I might have expected to hear in Death Valley.
• A sweet high-pitched melodious trill it reminded me of the music made by frogs in the Tamaulipas Jungle of Mexico.
• The French in former times considered the very slow trill to be especially beautiful.
• The finch calls its mate by uttering a few notes followed by a long trill.
• It has frequently come under my notice that players with little facility in other ways, can make a good trill.
• The frogs had begun to trill, sweet and melodious sound to Lane, striking melancholy chords of memory.
• The silence was suddenly broken by the sharp trill of the telephone.
• Auer himself has assured me that I have a trill that runs on and on without a sign of fatigue or uncertainty.
• The trill has to be practiced very slowly at first, later with increasing rapidity, and always with a firm pressure of the fingers.
• And too many teachers are contented with a trill that is merely brilliant.

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