Pronunciations (6)
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/θɹɪl/
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[θɾ̪̊ɪɫ]
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- Received-Pronunciation
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[θɹ̥ɪɫ]
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- Canada
- US
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[θɾ̪̊ɪl]
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- Ireland
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[t̪ɾ̪̊ɪl]
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- Ireland
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/fɹɪl/
Verb
To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
Usage- ergative
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The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein.
1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems vivid and picturesque turns of expression […] which thrill the reader with a sudden delight
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One love That has possessed me; One love Thrilling me through
To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
Usage- ergative
To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
Usage- Obsolete
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he perced through his chaufed chest With thrilling point of deadly yron brand
To hurl; to throw; to cast.
Usage- Obsolete
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I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture
Noun
A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
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She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
Usage- Figurative
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The thrill is gone / Gone, gone for me / I still live on, lonely though I'll be
A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Verb
To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.
Noun
the swift release of a store of affective force
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they got a great bang out of it
what a boot!
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he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
he does it for kicks
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
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a frisson of surprise shot through him
something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation
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the thrills of space travel
Verb
cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input
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The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow
feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
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he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
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fill with sublime emotion
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The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
He was inebriated by his phenomenal success