trill

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for trill

trill 🔊 /tɹɪˈl/

trill : සින්දු කියනවා

trill : කම්පා වන ලෙස නඟන ශබ්දය

trill : සැලෙන හඬින් ගයනවා

trill definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.
  2. To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

Transitive verb.

  1. To turn round; to twirl.
  2. To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.

Noun.

  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.
  2. The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d
  3. 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.