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Definitions for Trilling

[1] Lionel, 1905–75, U.S. critic and author.
[2] to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect.
[3] Phonetics . to produce (a sound) with a trill.
[4] (of birds, insects, etc.) to sing or utter in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds.
[5] to resound vibrantly, or with a rapid succession of sounds, as the voice, song, or laughter.
[6] to utter or make a sound or succession of sounds resembling such singing, as a bird, frog, grasshopper, or person laughing.
[7] to execute a shake or trill with the voice or on a musical instrument.
[8] Phonetics . to execute a trill, especially with the tongue, as while singing, talking, or whistling.
[9] the act or sound of trilling.
[10] Music . a rapid alternation of two adjacent tones; a shake.
[11] a similar sound, or succession of sounds, uttered or made by a bird, an insect, a person laughing, etc.
[12] Phonetics . a sequence of repetitive, rapid, vibratory movements produced in any free articulator or membrane by a rush of air expelled from the lungs and often causing a corresponding sequence of contacts between the vibrating articulator and another organ or surface. a speech sound produced by such a trill.
[13] to flow in a thin stream; trickle.
[14] to cause to flow in a thin stream.
[15] Lionel . 1905–75, US literary critic, whose works include The Liberal Imagination (1950) and Sincerity and Authenticity (1974)
[16] music a melodic ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between a principal note and the note a whole tone or semitone above it Usual symbol: (written above a note) tr. , tr
[17] a shrill warbling sound, esp as made by some birds
[18] phonetics the articulation of an (r) sound produced by holding the tip of the tongue close to the alveolar ridge, allowing the tongue to make a succession of taps against the ridge the production of a similar effect using the uvula against the back of the tongue
[19] to sound, sing, or play (a trill or with a trill)
[20] (tr) to pronounce (an (r) sound) by the production of a trill
[21] an archaic or poetic word for trickle

Words related to Trilling

quaver, vibrate, vibrato, roll, shake, sound, twirl

Origin of Trilling

21300–50; Middle English trillen to make (something) turn, to roll, flow (said of tears, water) < Old Danish trijlæ to roll (said, e.g., of tears and of a wheelbarrow); compare Norwegian trille , Swedish trilla . See trill1

Word origin for Trilling

C14: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Norwegian trilla to roll; see trill 1

Synonyms for Trilling

quaver, vibrate, vibrato, roll, shake, sound, tremolo, twirl