trill
verb/trɪl/
/trɪl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they trill | /trɪl/ /trɪl/ |
| he / she / it trills | /trɪlz/ /trɪlz/ |
| past simple trilled | /trɪld/ /trɪld/ |
| past participle trilled | /trɪld/ /trɪld/ |
| -ing form trilling | /ˈtrɪlɪŋ/ /ˈtrɪlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to make repeated short, high sounds synonym warble
- A phone trilled on the desk.
- The canary was trilling away happily.
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- [transitive] + speech to say something in a high, cheerful voice synonym warble
- ‘How wonderful!’ she trilled.
- [transitive] trill something (phonetics) to pronounce a /r/ sound by making a trill compare roll
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Italian trillo (noun), trillare (verb).
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