/thril/ , v.t.
1. to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body.
2. to utter or send forth tremulously, as a melody.
v.i.
3. to affect one with a wave of emotion or excitement.
4. to be stirred by a tremor or tingling sensation of emotion or excitement: He thrilled at the thought of home.
5. to cause a prickling or tingling sensation; throb.
6. to move tremulously; vibrate; quiver.
n.
7. a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, sometimes manifested as a tremor or tingling sensation passing through the body.
8. something that produces or is capable of producing such a sensation: a story full of thrills.
9. a thrilling experience: It was a thrill to see Paris again.
10. a vibration or quivering.
11. Pathol. an abnormal tremor or vibration, as in the respiratory or vascular system.
[ 1250-1300; ME thrillen orig., to penetrate, metathetic var. of thirlen to THIRL ]