TRILL


Meaning of TRILL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ trɪl ]

( trills, trilling, trilled)

1.

If a bird trills , it sings with short, high-pitched, repeated notes.

At one point a bird trilled in the Conservatory.

VERB : V

2.

If you say that a woman trills , you mean that she talks or laughs in a high-pitched voice which sounds rather musical but which also sounds rather irritating.

‘How adorable!’ she trills.

VERB : V with quote

3.

A trill is the playing of two musical notes repeatedly and quickly one after the other. ( TECHNICAL )

N-COUNT

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