A note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it.

synonym: shake.

Dutch: triller
Polish: trel, tryl

The articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula.

Pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'.

Roget 407: roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate^†.    hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat.    drum in the ear, din in the ear.    ... show more

Roget 348: flow, run; meander; gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle^†, trill, trickle, distill, percolate; stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash; guggle^†, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate; ooze, flow out etc. (egress) 295.    rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks; pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in; mizzle^†.    flow into, fall into, open into, drain into; discharge itself, disembogue^†.    [Cause a flow] pour; pour out etc. (discharge) 297; shower down, irrigate, drench etc. (wet) 337; spill, splash.    [Stop a flow] stanch; dam, up etc. (close) 261; obstruct etc. 706.    ... show more

Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below.

synonyms: quaver, warble.

Roget 412: cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow^†; growl, snarl.    [specific animal sounds] bark [dog, seal]; bow-wow, yelp [dog]; bay, bay at the moon [dog, wolf]; yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr^†, yawl, snarl, howl [dog, wolf]; grunt, gruntle^†; snort [pig, hog, swine, horse]; squeak, [swine, mouse]; neigh, whinny [horse]; bray [donkey, mule, hinny, ass]; mew, mewl [kitten]; meow [cat]; purr [cat]; caterwaul, pule [cats]; baa^†, bleat [lamb]; low, moo [cow, cattle]; troat^†, croak, peep [frog]; coo [dove, pigeon]; gobble [turkeys]; quack [duck]; honk, gaggle, guggle [goose]; crow, caw, squawk, screech, [crow]; cackle, cluck, clack [hen, rooster, poultry]; chuck, chuckle; hoot, hoo [owl]; chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle [small birds]; hum [insects, hummingbird]; buzz [flying insects, bugs]; hiss [snakes, geese]; blatter^†; ratatat [woodpecker].    ... show more

Roget 416: play, pipe, strike up, sweep the chords, tweedle, fiddle; strike the lyre, beat the drum; blow the horn, sound the horn, wind the horn; doodle; grind the organ; touch the guitar etc. (instruments) 417; thrum, strum, beat time.    execute, perform; accompany; sing a second, play a second; compose, set to music, arrange.    sing, chaunt, chant, hum, warble, carol, chirp, chirrup, lilt, purl, quaver, trill, shake, twitter, whistle; sol-fa^†; intone.    have an ear for music, have a musical ear, have a correct ear.    ... show more

Dutch: kwinkeleren