sing with a trill
1trill — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch trillen to vibrate, Swedish trilla to roll Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to flow in a small stream or in drops ; trickle 2. twirl, revolve transitive verb to cause to fl …
2trill — I. n. Shake, quaver. II. v. a. Shake, sing with a trill. III. v. n. 1. Quaver. 2. Trickle …
3sing — vb Sing, troll, carol, descant, warble, trill, hymn, chant, intone all mean to produce musical tones by or as if by means of the voice. Sing is the general term used of human beings and of animals and things that produce musical or sustained… …
4trill — trill1 /tril/, v.t. 1. to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect. 2. Phonet. to produce (a sound) with a trill. 3. (of birds, insects, etc.) to sing or utter in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds. v.i. 4. to resound vibrantly,… …
5trill´er — trill1 «trihl», verb, noun. –v.t., v.i. 1. to sound or speak with a tremulous, vibrating, high pitched sound: »The child burst in, trilling with laughter (Rudyard Kipling). 2. to sing with a tremulous vibration of sound: »to trill an aria. Some… …
6trill — /trɪl / (say tril) verb (t) 1. to sing with a vibratory effect of voice, especially in the manner of a shake or trill. 2. to play with like effect on an instrument. 3. Phonetics to pronounce with rapid vibrations of an elastic organ of speech:… …
7trill — [[t]trɪl[/t]] n. 1) mad a rapid alternation of two adjacent musical tones; shake 2) a similar quavering sound, as that made by a bird or a person laughing 3) phn a) a sequence of rapid vibratory movements produced in a speech organ, as the tongue …
8trill — 1 verb (I, T) 1 to sing with repeated short high notes: birds trilling in the trees 2 to say something in a pleasant high cheerful voice: “Have a nice time, darling,” she trilled. 2 noun (C) 1 technical a musical sound made by quickly going up… …
9sing — [v1] carry a tune with one’s voice belt out*, burst into song*, buzz*, canary*, cantillate, carol, chant, chirp, choir, croon, descant, duet, groan*, harmonize, hum, hymn, intone, lift up a voice*, line out*, lullaby, make melody*, mouth, pipe,… …
10sing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. troll; chant, carol, intone, warble; laud, praise; vocalize; yodel; versify; hum, whistle. See music, poetry, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To produce vocal music] Syn. chant, carol, warble,… …
