trill
noun/trɪl/
/trɪl/
- a repeated short, high sound made, for example, by somebody’s voice or by a bird
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- (music) the sound made when two notes next to each other in the musical scale are played or sung quickly several times one after the other
- (also roll)(phonetics) a sound, usually a /r/, produced by making the tongue vibrate against a part of the mouthTopics Languagec2
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Italian trillo (noun), trillare (verb).
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