trillverb [ I ]
uk/trɪl/us/trɪl/When birds trill, they sing a series of quickly repeated high notes.
literary to speak in a very high voice:
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squawk
- squee
- whimper
- whine
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
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trillnoun [ C ]
uk/trɪl/us/trɪl/trill noun [ C ] (MUSIC)
specialized music (the effect achieved by) the fast playing of a note and the note above or below it, one after the other
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Technical music terms
- accidental
- adagio
- allegro
- antiphonal
- arpeggio
- arr
- arrange
- cadence
- harmonic
- harmony
- key signature
- legato
- mike check
- motif
- timbre
- tremolo
- tuning
- twelve-tone
- twelve-tone scale
- unison
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trill noun [ C ] (BIRD)
a series of quickly repeated high notes sung by a bird:
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squawk
- squee
- whimper
- whine
- yelp
- yip
- yowl
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trill noun [ C ] (SPEECH)
specalized phonetics a sound that is made by very small, quick movements of one of the organs used in speech
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Sound & its properties
- acoustic
- anti-noise
- audio
- decibel
- HD
- high def
- high definition
- high def
- loud
- mono
- noise
- quadraphonic
- silken
- sonic
- sound
- sound wave
- soundproof
- surround sound
- thunder
- ultrasonic
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