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Meanings of trill in English

Catalan
refilar

Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below.

refilar
Portuguese
trilo
Catalan
refilet

A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it.

trilo
Spanish
trill

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Usage of trill in English
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Since 1983, their trill rates, frequency and bandwidth have all changed drastically.
Wired
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A new sound assailed her ears: the trill of some exotic bird.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
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To Maria it sounded as meaningless as the trill of a canary-bird.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
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Keeping it trill is pretty much the just of the whole mixtape.
Ebony
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Somewhere near the window a robin began to trill his vesper song.
Lydia of the Pines
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I can't keep a small trill of resentment out of my voice.
Cleaving
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As I reached it, I heard a trill as perfect as Tetrazzini's.
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
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It's just one trill of laughter and merriment, a sunbeam and effect.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 / A Maga...
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What subtle trill, I wonder, is he going to warble to us?
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
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The trill, when it rolls quickly and evenly, is a trill indeed!
Violin Mastery: Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers
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For a brief moment David thought he heard a bird's trill, a thrush.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
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The phones inside rang with different bells: one a trill, one a buzz.
The whole world: a novel
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Yes, the trill; but, after all, the trill is a somewhat individual matter.
Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers
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Klindworth attacks the trill on the second page with the upper tone- Aflat
Chopin : the Man and His Music
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The dew was dripping among the leaves, the nightingale had ceased to trill.
Immensee
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He has a sweet song that ends in a little trill.
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Translations for trill
Portuguese
trilo
Spanish
trill
Trill through the time
Trill across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common