trilled

trill

 (trĭl)

n.

1. A fluttering or tremulous sound, as that made by certain birds; a warble.

2. Music

a. The rapid alternation of two tones either a whole or a half tone apart.

b. A vibrato.

3. Linguistics

a. A rapid vibration of one speech organ against another, as of the tongue against the alveolar ridge in Spanish rr.

b. A speech sound pronounced with such a vibration.

v. trilled, tril·ling, trills

v.tr.

1. To sound, sing, or play with a trill.

2. To articulate (a sound) with a trill.

v.intr.

To produce or give forth a trill.

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

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

trilled - uttered with a trill; "she used rolling r's as in Spanish" rolling, rolled pronounceable - capable of being uttered or pronounced; "a pronounceable group of letters"

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