1. rapid alternations between two musical notes
Usage: music
2. high-pitched warbling sounds made by birds or voices
3. consonant sounds produced by rapid vibration of the tongue
Usage: linguistics

1. produces rapid alternating musical notes or warbling sounds

Examples

• The soprano’s beautiful trills impressed the audience.
• Birds filled the morning air with melodic trills.
• She practiced piano trills for hours to perfect her technique.
• The canary trills happily in its cage every morning.
• Spanish speakers often use trills when pronouncing the letter r.
• The flute player’s trills added elegance to the classical piece.
• His voice trills with excitement when he talks about music.