Trillern — meaning in English

English meaning

• quaver noun A trembling shake.
• trill noun A rapid alternation between two adjacent musical notes.
• wobble verb To move unsteadily from side to side, rocking rather than moving smoothly.

Senses

Trillern is used for these senses in English:

• quaver A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
• quaver (intransitive) To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing.
• trill (intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
• wobble (intransitive) To tremble or quaver.

quaver — full definition

1. noun A trembling shake.
2. noun A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
3. noun an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

trill — full definition

1. noun A rapid alternation between two adjacent musical notes.
2. verb To sing, speak, or play with a quivering, rapidly vibrating sound.

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