Sekirov Dictionary

thrill

[θɾ̪̊ɪɫ]

noun 4
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 4

noun4

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an event or experience that makes someone suddenly feel very excited
- The thrill is gone / Gone, gone for me / I still live on, lonely though I'll be — 1951
A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.

verb5

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To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
- The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein. — 1590
To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.
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(no longer used) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
- he perced through his chaufed chest With thrilling point of deadly yron brand — 1590
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(no longer used) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture — 1632

forms

thrilled · thrilling · thrills

Phrases with thrill

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