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trill

(n): a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

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(n): a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

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

(n): the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

(v): pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'

(v): speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

(v): sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

(v): produce tones with the voice

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7 months ago brtom said:

"The feeling of health, the full-noon trill, the song of me rising from bed and meeting the sun." Whitman, Song of Myself, 2

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