From the Origin:
1635–45; < It trillo quaver or warble in singing ≪
Gmc; cf. D give trillen to vibrate, late ME trillen to shake or rock (something)
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verb (used with object)
1. to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect.
2. Phonetics. to produce (a sound) with a trill.
3. (of birds, insects, etc.) to sing or utter in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds.
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verb (used without object)
4. to resound vibrantly, or with a rapid succession of sounds, as the voice, song, or laughter.
5. to utter or make a sound or succession of sounds resembling such singing, as a bird, frog, grasshopper, or person laughing.
6. to execute a shake or trill with the voice or on a musical instrument.
7. Phonetics. to execute a trill, esp. with the tongue, as while singing, talking, or whistling.
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noun
8. the act or sound of trilling.
9. Music. a rapid alternation of two adjacent tones; a shake.
10. a similar sound, or succession of sounds, uttered or made by a bird, an insect, a person laughing, etc.
11. Phonetics.
a. a sequence of repetitive, rapid, vibratory movements produced in any free articulator or membrane by a rush of air expelled from the lungs and often causing a corresponding sequence of contacts between the vibrating articulator and another organ or surface.
b. a speech sound produced by such a trill.
1635–45; < It trillo quaver or warble in singing ≪
Gmc; cf. D give trillen to vibrate, late ME trillen to shake or rock (something)
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verb (used with object)
1. to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect.
2. Phonetics. to produce (a sound) with a trill.
3. (of birds, insects, etc.) to sing or utter in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds.
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verb (used without object)
4. to resound vibrantly, or with a rapid succession of sounds, as the voice, song, or laughter.
5. to utter or make a sound or succession of sounds resembling such singing, as a bird, frog, grasshopper, or person laughing.
6. to execute a shake or trill with the voice or on a musical instrument.
7. Phonetics. to execute a trill, esp. with the tongue, as while singing, talking, or whistling.
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noun
8. the act or sound of trilling.
9. Music. a rapid alternation of two adjacent tones; a shake.
10. a similar sound, or succession of sounds, uttered or made by a bird, an insect, a person laughing, etc.
11. Phonetics.
a. a sequence of repetitive, rapid, vibratory movements produced in any free articulator or membrane by a rush of air expelled from the lungs and often causing a corresponding sequence of contacts between the vibrating articulator and another organ or surface.
b. a speech sound produced by such a trill.
’if we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog,
perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.’
adrian forsyth
perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.’
adrian forsyth
by citypix November 11, 2009
Get the trillmug. the quick repeated alternation between a note
and the note a semitone or whole tone above or
occasionally below it.
and the note a semitone or whole tone above or
occasionally below it.
by Anonymous January 15, 2003
Get the Trillmug. the most aggravating word to hear in pop culture for a musician a trill is to go as quickly as possible from one note to a full step higher and back down repeatedly
by Camber Tho July 1, 2014
Get the Trillmug. The first ones that said it was UGK from Port Arthur, Texas. There was an Apartment Complex named Trill Villa down in the hood there.
DJ-DMD "yeah, nowadays it seems everybody and they momma... wanna be trill. shit... niggaz don't even know what the fuck that shit means.... that's a P.A. Term mutha fucka!"
by burble07 September 16, 2007
Get the trillmug. Trills is a noun that represents nothing and everything. One says Trills simply whenever something good happens usually involving getting ass or smokin weed, but is not limited to those. Its derivation is arguable but most agree that its a combination of TRue and chILL.
Mike- Yo, how good was that blunt i rolled last night
Ted- Fucking sick, i got ripped out my mind
Mike- Trills.
Ted- Trills.
Ted- Fucking sick, i got ripped out my mind
Mike- Trills.
Ted- Trills.
by Trills. December 27, 2007
Get the Trillsmug. Trill is a fucking stupid word.
by people are fucking stupid June 18, 2013
Get the Trillmug. by HankMoody1982 October 30, 2011
Get the Trillmug.