trill

«trill» in Mova's school dictionary: a quick, high, repeated sound, like a bird singing — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a trill, trills); verb (trill, trills, trilled, trilling)

meaning for a pupil

1) A trill is a quick, high, repeated sound, like a bird singing. tree →

2) (music) A trill is when two notes next to each other are played or sung very quickly one after the other many times. tree →

3) (language) A trill is a sound made by letting the tongue flutter, like the rolled «r» in Spanish or Scottish English. tree →

4) To trill is to make such a sound, or to say something in a high, happy voice. tree →

sense in the lessons

Nature: robins and canaries trill. Music lessons: a trill is marked «tr» above a note. Languages: rolling your r's in Spanish, Italian or Ukrainian is a trill. Stories: a character who «trilled» speaks in a high, cheerful (sometimes fake-sweet) voice.

examples

• A blackbird's trill came from the hedge. tree →
• The flute player added a trill at the end. tree →
• In Spanish, «perro» has a trilled r. tree →
• «Good morning, darlings!» she trilled. tree →
• The phone trilled on the table. tree →
• Can you roll your r's into a trill? tree →

note

Regular verb: trilled, trilling. Do not confuse with «thrill» (an exciting feeling), «drill», or «trail».

In the corpora

• Warm-ups such as lip trills and humming help the breath and the voice muscles work without strain.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «trill» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.