[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

trill \trill\, v. i.
   to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous
   vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
   1913 webster

         to judge of trilling notes and tripping feet. --dryden.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

trill \trill\, n. it. trillo, fr. trillare. see trill to
   shake.
   1913 webster
   1. a sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid
      succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the
      vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth --
      tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part;
      as, the r is a trill in most languages.
      1913 webster

   2. the action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to
      give a trill to the tongue. d
      1913 webster

   3. mus. a shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of
      the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid
      alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to
      give a trill on the high c. see shake.
      1913 webster
see also:
trill shake 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

trill \trill\, v. i. oe. trillen to roll, turn round; of scand.
   origin; cf. sw. trilla to roll, dan. trilde, icel.
   thornyrla to whirl, and e. thrill. cf. thrill.
   to flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding
   each other; to trickle. --sir w. scott.
   1913 webster

         and now and then an ample tear trilled down
         her delicate cheek.                      --shak.
   1913 webster

         whispered sounds
         of waters, trilling from the riven stone. --glover.
   1913 webster
see also:
thrill 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

trill \trill\, v. t. oe. trillen; cf. sw. trilla to roll.
   to turn round; to twirl. obs. --gascoigne.
   1913 webster

         bid him descend and trill another pin.   --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

trill \trill\, v. t. imp.  p. p. trilled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   trilling. it. trillare; probably of imitative origin.
   to impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a
   trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.
   1913 webster

         the sober-suited songstress trills her lay. --thomson.
   1913 webster
see also:
trilled trilling 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

trill
     n : a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone
         above it syn: shake
     v 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, quaver
see also:
shake warble quaver 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

102 moby thesaurus words for "trill":
   bebung, anthem, babble, ballad, bubble, burble, cackle, call,
   carol, caw, chant, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup,
   chitter, choir, chorus, chuck, clack, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo,
   coo, croak, cronk, croon, crow, cuckoo, descant, distill, do-re-mi,
   dribble, drip, drop, drum, falter, flutter, gabble, gaggle, gobble,
   guggle, gurgle, honk, hoo, hoot, hum, hymn, intonate, intone, lap,
   leak, leak out, lilt, minstrel, peep, pip, pipe, plash, psalm,
   purl, quack, quaver, quiver, ripple, roll, roulade, scold,
   serenade, shake, sing, sing in chorus, slosh, sol-fa, solmizate,
   splash, squawk, swash, swish, tremble, tremolando, tremolant,
   tremolo, tremor, trickle, trillet, trilleto, trillo, troll,
   tweedle, tweedledee, tweet, twit, twitter, vibrato, vocalize,
   warble, wash, weep, whistle, yodel

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