noun
- the act or sound of making a warbling or vibrating sound
verb
- making a high-pitched warbling sound, especially as birds do
- pronouncing a consonant with a rapid vibration of the tongue
Usage: present participle of ‘trill’
Usage: linguistics
Examples
- The canary was trilling beautifully in its cage.
- She heard birds trilling in the early morning.
- He practiced trilling his R’s for the Spanish pronunciation.
- The opera singer’s trilling impressed the audience.
- The sweet trilling of the robin woke me up.
- Her trilling laughter filled the room.
- The flute player added a delicate trilling to the melody.