trill
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Is trill a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
2. (phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.Examples: "To judge of trilling notes and tripping feet."Synonyms: warbleintransitive
2. (transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.Examples: "to trill a note, or the letter r"; "The sober-suited songstress trills her lay."transitive
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, obsolete) To trickle.Examples: "I come now from seeing of a shepheard at Medoc[…]who had no signe at all of genitorie parts: But where they should be, are three little holes, by which his water doth continually tril from him."; "And now and then an ample tear trilled down / Her delicate cheek."; "Whisper'd sounds / Of waters, trilling from the riven stone."intransitiveobsolete
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, obsolete) To twirl.intransitiveobsolete
adj (English)
1. (slang, hip-hop culture) True, respected.Examples: "All my trill niggas know who be bringin da funk / Lees and shell toes like it's Black History Month"; "LAMAR: Oh, really? That's a nice change from fools comin' up on us. / FRANKLIN: That's trill, homie. / LAMAR: You damn straight that's trill, partner, but it's a shame I don't believe it. You wanna drop some notes on that shit, I'll give you the odds, homie."; "Middle finger to the critics, me and my nigga Skrillex / You know we finna kill it, A$AP we the trillest"slang
Definition source: Wiktionary