Clues for the word "TRILL"
We've had 77 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 175 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on August 25, 2026.
Definition of trill
- v. i. - To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.
- v. t. - To turn round; to twirl.
- v. t. - To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.
- v. i. - To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
- n. - A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.
- n. - The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d
- n. - A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake.
Referring Clues
- Coloratura's specialty
- Chirrup
- Voice lesson topic
- Bird's sound
- Flutist's embellishment
- Pronounce an "r" like a Scot
- Fluttering sound
- Diva's effect
- Warbler's sound
- Musical shake
- Soprano's quaver
- Warble
- Musical embellishment
- Quavering musical effect
- Bird call
- Quavering sound
- Grasshopper sound
- Warbling sound
- Quavering note
- Songbird sound
- Sing like the birds
- Sing like a bird
- Feature of bird song
- Soprano's skill
- Bird sound
- Quaver
- Coloratura's vocal effect
- Violin vibrato sound
- Bird's warble
- One begins "Rhapsody in Blue"
- Vocal quaver
- Vibrato
- Bird warble
- Diva's output
- Songbird's sound
- Quavery note
- Diva delivery
- High-pitched warble
- Flutist's warble
- Diva's shake
- Display of vibrato
- Clarinetist's effect
- Shake in an opera house
- Sound from a nest
- Skylark sound
- Coloratura's quaver
- Operatic vocal effect
- Composer's embellishment
- Swallow sound
- Note from a bird
- In music a melodic ornament
- Melodic sound
- Bird song
- Showy note
- Fluttering musical ornamentation
- High-pitched warbling sound
- A musical ornament
- Shaky bit of singing
- Shrill warble
- Warbler's output
- Sing till Queen enters
- Time beside stream making tremulous sound
- Bird's warbling sound
- Vocalist's warble
- Songbird's forte
- Sing like a sparrow
- Quavering effect in music
- Operatic vibrato
- A shaky bit of singing
- What a wavy line may mean in music
- Musical effect involving two quickly played repeated notes
- Warbly sound
- Pronounce "rr" in Spanish, say
- Rapid alternation between two adjacent musical notes
- Pianist's flourish
- Flutist's quaver
- Musical flutter
Last Seen In
- New York Times - August 25, 2026
- Daily American - August 23, 2026
- Daily Quick - July 22, 2026
- Daily Quick - April 24, 2026
- LA Times - April 23, 2026
- Daily American - March 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 04, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 03, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - November 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 17, 2025
- LA Times - October 16, 2025
- New York Times - September 12, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 06, 2025
- LA Times - August 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 05, 2024
- USA Today - November 07, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 09, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 24, 2024
- Daily American - August 22, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 21, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 01, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 23, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 18, 2024
- Daily American - March 16, 2024
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