MEANING
To produce a quick wavering sound or alternate rapidly between nearby musical notes.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- bird trills
- trill a phrase
On the page
A bird trilled from the dark branches.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- trill
- Past tense
- trilled
- Past participle
- trilled
- Present participle
- trilling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- trill
- Present continuous
- am/is/are trilling
- Present perfect
- have/has trilled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been trilling
- Past
- trilled
- Past continuous
- was/were trilling
- Past perfect
- had trilled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been trilling
- Future
- will trill
- Future continuous
- will be trilling
- Future perfect
- will have trilled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been trilling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: trill; trills; trilled; trilled; trilling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: trills.
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