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what does
'trill'
mean?

Answer 1

Trill means a high-pitched warbling sound, especially one made by a bird
Or
a musical ornament consisting of rapid alternation between two adjacent notes. The interval between the notes of a trill can vary but is usually a semitone or major second.

Answer 2

A trill (At least from what I know) in when on some instrument, you alternate between two notes really quickly. Or, it could mean when singing or playing an instrument giving a sort of vibrating effect.

Answer 3

In Star Trek, a Trill is a humanoid speices with spots covering the side of the face, extending "all they way down."

Answer 4

Trill means budgie food.

Answer 5

In phonetics, a trill is a consonantal sound produced by vibrations between the articulator and the place of articulation.

Answer 6

trill is a musical term. it is when you go back in forth between the note that is marked and the note above very quickly without stopping the air.

hope this helps

Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

the word trill comes from a combination on two words. true+real=trill

Answer 9

to sing in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds-- like a bird

Answer 10

trill1 /trɪl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[tril] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation,
–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.
–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.
–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.



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[Origin: 1635–45; < It trillo quaver or warble in singing ≪ Gmc; cf. D trillen to vibrate, late ME trillen to shake or rock (something)]
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trill2 /trɪl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[tril] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation Archaic.
–verb (used without object) 1. to flow in a thin stream; trickle.
–verb (used with object) 2. to cause to flow in a thin stream.


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[Origin: 1300–50; ME trillen to make (something) turn, to roll, flow (said of tears, water) < ODan trijlæ to roll (said, e.g., of tears and of a wheelbarrow); cf. Norw trille, Sw trilla. See trill1]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source trill (trÄ­l) Pronunciation Key
n.
A fluttering or tremulous sound, as that made by certain birds; a warble.
Music
The rapid alternation of two tones either a whole or a half tone apart.
A vibrato.
A rapid vibration of one speech organ against another, as of the tongue against the alveolar ridge in Spanish rr.
A speech sound pronounced with such a vibration.
Linguistics
A rapid vibration of one speech organ against another, as of the tongue against the alveolar ridge in Spanish rr.
A speech sound pronounced with such a vibration.

v. trilled, tril·ling, trills

v. tr.

To sound, sing, or play with a trill.
To articulate (a sound) with a trill.

v. intr.
To produce or give forth a trill.


[Italian trillo, from trillare, to trill, probably ultimately of imitative origin.]


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WordNet - Cite This Source trill

noun
1. a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
2. the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant 'r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula; "he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill"

verb
1. pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme 'r'; "Some speakers trill their r's"
2. sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below [syn: warble]

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