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trill

verb [I]
 
 
/trɪl/

Definition

When birds trill, they sing a series of quickly repeated high notes.Animal (non-human) sounds literary to speak in a very high voice: [+ speech] "Tea is ready," trilled Daphne.Ways of talking
(Definition of trill verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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