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# trill

«trill» in Mova's judaism 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/#m1)

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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/#m2)

3) (language) A trill is a sound made by letting the tongue flutter, like the rolled «r» in Spanish or Scottish English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/#m3)

4) To trill is to make such a sound, or to say something in a high, happy voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/#x1)
- The flute player added a trill at the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/#x2)
- In Spanish, «perro» has a trilled r. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/#x3)
- «Good morning, darlings!» she trilled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/#x4)
- The phone trilled on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/#x5)
- Can you roll your r's into a trill? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trill» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trill/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.