Clues for the word "TRILL"

We've had 76 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 170 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on March 17, 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.