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trill

English

  1. 🔊 a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
  2. 🔊 the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula
    “he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill”
  3. 🔊 pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'
    “Some speakers trill their r's”
  4. 🔊 sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

Spanish

  1. 🔊 quiebro trill

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