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trillEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare German trillern, Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗trillEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Perhaps identical to Etymology 3, but compare the same sense of drill, and German trillen, drillen.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗trillEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl, and Swedish trilla, Norwegian trille, etc.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗trillEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Perhaps a blend of true + real, or from keep it real, exhibiting the fill–feel merger.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- TrillEnglish · e-38700-5703
Trill, tril, v.t. and v.i. to shake: to utter with a tremulous vibration, to quaver: to pronounce with a quick vibration of the tongue.—n. a quaver or tremulous vibration, warbling. [It. trillare, to shake; imit.]
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Trill, tril, v.i. to trickle: (obs.) to twirl. [Scand., Sw. trilla, to roll.]
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