- 1[intransitive] to make repeated short high sounds synonym warble An electronic device trilled in the next room. The canary was trilling away happily.
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- 2[transitive] + speech to say something in a high cheerful voice synonym warble “How wonderful!” she trilled.
- 3[transitive] trill something (phonetics) to pronounce an “r” sound by making a trill compare roll
trill
verbNAmE//trɪl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they trill he / she / it trills
past simple trilled
-ing form trilling
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