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Webster 1913 Edition
Thrill
Thrill
,Noun.
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Thrill
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Thrilled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thrilling
.] 1.
To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
[Obs.]
He pierced through his chafed chest
With
With
thrilling
point of deadly iron brand. Spenser.
2.
Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.
To bathe in flery floods, or to reside
In
In
thrilling
region of thick-ribbed ice. Shakespeare
Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which
thrill
the [GREEK]eader with sudden delight. M. Arnold.
The cruel word her tender heart so
That sudden cold did run through every vein.
thrilled
,That sudden cold did run through every vein.
Spenser.
3.
To hurl; to throw; to cast.
[Obs.]
I’ll
thrill
my javelin. Heywood.
Thrill
,Verb.
I.
1.
To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering;
as, a sharp sound
. thrills
through the whole frameI have a faint cold fear
thrills
through my veins. Shakespeare
2.
To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.
To seek sweet safety out
In vaults and prisons, and to
In vaults and prisons, and to
thrill
and shake. Shakespeare
Thrill
,Noun.
1.
A drill. See 3d
Drill
, 1. 2.
A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement;
as, a
. thrill
of horror; a thrill
of joyBurns.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thrill
THRILL
,Noun.
1.
A warbling. [See Trill.]2.
A breathing place or hole.THRILL
,Verb.
T.
1.
To bore; to drill; to perforate by turning a gimblet or other similar instrument. [But in the literal sense, drill is now chiefly or wholly used. Spenser used it literally in the clause, 'with thrilling point of iron brand.']2.
To pierce; to penetrate; as something sharp. The cruel word her tender heart so thrill'd,
That sudden cold did run through every vein
A servant that he bred, thrill'd with remorse.
THRILL
,Verb.
I.
A faint cold fear thrills through my veins.
1.
To feel a sharp shivering sensation running through the body. To seek sweet safety out
In vaults and prisons; and to thrill and shake--
Definition 2024
thrill
thrill
English
Verb
thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)
- (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
- 1937, Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline, “One Song”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney:
- One love / That has possessed me; / One love / Thrilling me through
- M. Arnold
- vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the reader with sudden delight
- Spenser
- The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, / That sudden cold did run through every vein.
- 1937, Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline, “One Song”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney:
- (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
- (obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
- Spenser
- He pierced through his chafed chest / With thrilling point of deadly iron brand.
- Spenser
- (obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- Heywood
- I'll thrill my javelin.
- Heywood
Translations
suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify
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feel a sudden excitement
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cause something to tremble or quiver
tremble or quiver
Noun
thrill (plural thrills)
- A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
- 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
- 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.
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- A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
- (medicine) A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
- A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Derived terms
Terms derived from thrill (noun)
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Translations
trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion
cause of sudden excitement; a kick
slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur
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