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    [Noun]  | "trill" | \ ˈtril \


    1: the alternation of two musical tones a diatonic second apart —called also shake

    2: vibrato

    3: a rapid reiteration of the same tone especially on a percussion instrument


    Origin: 1649 ;

     Italian trillo probably of imitative origin;

    [Verb]  | "trill" 


    1: to play or sing with a trill : quaver

    2: to utter as or with or as if with a trill


    Origin: circa 1667 ;

    [Verb]  | "trill" 


    1: to flow in a small stream or in drops : trickle

    2: twirl, revolve

    3: to cause to flow in a small stream


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch trillen to vibrate, Swedish trilla to roll;

    [Noun]  | "trill" 


    1: as in ripple, warble;


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    [Verb]  | "trill" 


    1: to sing with the alternation of two musical tones;


      * e.g., " ... a bluebird trilled outside our window "



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     [ "trill" ]

    1: being true + real = trill

      * e.g.,  ... Trill is when you're hustlin, trill is when you're grindin 


     [ "trill" ]

    2: others say Too Real = trill

      * e.g.,  ... Trill is when you punch in that clock overtimin 

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    1: trill is a slang word that mean true and real. i cant speak for the next man, but ugk was the first people to be heard sayin it. it has always been a dirty south hood term, for someone who basically handles their bidness and dosent mind bussin a head every now and again. people, places, or thangs can be considered trill. other people have differnent meanins, some people give it the meanin i just mentioned, or of one that has a deeper, more spiritual meanin. if someone of calls you trill, or if you want to consider yourself trill, just realize we dont use that term lightly around here, its a term of endearment.

      * e.g.,  ... "i write wit pen and pad and try to tell ya how i feel, and scream to the Lord, its so trill" 

     [ "trill" ]

    1: The correct definition of trill is: to be true to ones self and real with all.

      * e.g.,  ... I want to thank everyone who put they meaning of trill in this dictionary. Some of you are on point and some are way off 

     [ "trill" ]

    1: the word trill comes from a combination on two words. true+real=trill

      * e.g.,  ... kapone told blackie to keep it trill. 

     [ "trill" ]

    1: A common guitar playing technique requiring the player to hammer on and pull off repeatedly on two frets.

      * e.g.,  ... Guitar Player 1: Dude, can you trill? I need help, I'm a noob. Guitar Player 2: It's real simple, all you gotta do is...*demonstrates perfect trill* Guitar Player 1: Your hands are godly. 

     [ "trill" ]

    1: true and real fused together

      * e.g.,  ... "What are you doing?" 

     [ "trill" ]

    1: a word most commonly used by ESPN's basketball analyst Jay Bilas. This word is a combination of the words "true" and "real". Often used as an adjective to define someone that is highly respected or "extremely rad"... if you would.

      * e.g.,  ... Jay Bilas is the trillest basketball analyst on the planet! 


     [ "trill" ]

    2: swag fike amazing respected jay bilas

      * e.g.,  ... That fike character is so trill. 

     [ "trill" ]

    1: From the Origin:

      * e.g.,  ... ’if we can discover the meaning in the trilling of a frog, 


     [ "trill" ]

    2: 1635–45; < It trillo quaver or warble in singing ≪

      * e.g.,  ... perhaps we may understand why it is for us not merely noise but a song of poetry and emotion.’ adrian forsyth 


     [ "trill" ]

    3: Gmc; cf. D give trillen to vibrate, late ME trillen to shake or rock (something)


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     [ "trill" ]

    5: verb (used with object) to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect. Phonetics. to produce (a sound) with a trill. (of birds, insects, etc.) to sing or utter in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds. ---


     [ "trill" ]

    6: verb (used without object) to resound vibrantly, or with a rapid succession of sounds, as the voice, song, or laughter. to utter or make a sound or succession of sounds resembling such singing, as a bird, frog, grasshopper, or person laughing. to execute a shake or trill with the voice or on a musical instrument. Phonetics. to execute a trill, esp. with the tongue, as while singing, talking, or whistling. ---


     [ "trill" ]

    7: noun the act or sound of trilling. Music. a rapid alternation of two adjacent tones; a shake. 10. a similar sound, or succession of sounds, uttered or made by a bird, an insect, a person laughing, etc. 1 Phonetics.


     [ "trill" ]

    8: a. 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. b. a speech sound produced by such a trill.

     [ "trill" ]

    1: The first ones that said it was UGK from Port Arthur, Texas. There was an Apartment Complex named Trill Villa down in the hood there.

      * e.g.,  ... DJ-DMD "yeah, nowadays it seems everybody and they momma... wanna be trill. shit... niggaz don't even know what the fuck that shit means.... that's a P.A. Term mutha fucka!" 

     [ "trill" ]

    1: true + real = trill

      * e.g.,  ... 1 + 1 = 2 

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