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US
/ˈtɹɪɫ/
]
[ UK /tɹˈɪl/ ]
[ UK /tɹˈɪl/ ]
NOUN
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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 - a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
VERB
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pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'
Some speakers trill their r's - sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
How To Use trill In A Sentence
- Thundat and his colleagues demonstrate that they could detect very small amounts of adsorbed explosives -- with a limit of 600 picograms (a picogram is a trillionth of a gram). Undefined
- An. There's a testrill of me too: if one knight giue a Twelfth Night (1623 First Folio Edition)
- Tax cuts will leave more in people 's pockets to spend and $1 trillion of infrastructure investment will reinforce demand for labour for a decade. Times, Sunday Times
- From the seed feeders on the deck come the euphonious calls of chickadees, the bell-like trill of the dark-eyed juncos, the down-slurred whistle of the titmice, the “ank-ank” of the nuthatches, the “zree” of the house finches, and the coo of doves; from the nectar feeders and flowers, the whirr of hummingbird wings. Birdology
- And a younger, sprier Edwards fearlessly taunted his tormentor, U.S. Attorney John Volz, once rising to his feet for a toast in a French Quarter bar while trilling, “When my moods are over, and my time has come to pass, I hope they bury me upside down, so Volz can kiss my ass.” FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER
- Investors 'paper losses on U.S. stocks now total $8.4 trillion since the market peak one year ago, based on the value of the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 index, which includes almost all U. S.-based companies. Wild Day Caps Worst Week Ever for Stocks
- However, it said the 7,980 small-to-medium sized wide-body deliveries expected during that window would be worth $2.3 trillion. Times, Sunday Times
- How has the UK moved from being a nation that held up thrift as a virtue and considered debt a vice, to owing a trillion pounds on mortgages, credit cards and other loans?
- The wildflowers, many of which bloom in May, include waterleaf, wild ginger, red trillium, Jack-in-the-pulpit, smooth and woolly blue violet, Solomon's seal, false Solomon's seal, and enchanter's nightshade.
- Essentially, the more than $1 trillion that we have spent on these two wars thus far is money that we have borrowed principally from the Chinese, the Japanese and countries out in the Persian Gulf. Op-Ed: Burdens Of War Unevenly Shared In U.S.
