THRILL
\θɹˈɪl], \θɹˈɪl], \θ_ɹ_ˈɪ_l]\
Definitions of THRILL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
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cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow"
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something that thrills; "the thrills of space travel"
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feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
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the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
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tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
By Princeton University
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fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
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cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow"
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something that thrills; "the thrills of space travel"
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feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A warbling; a trill.
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A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
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To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
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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.
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To hurl; to throw; to cast.
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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 frame.
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To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.
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A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.
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A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.
By Oddity Software
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A warbling; a trill.
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A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
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To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
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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.
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To hurl; to throw; to cast.
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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 frame.
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To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.
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A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.
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A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.
By Noah Webster.
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To fill with intense emotion; cause to have a tingling sensation.
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To penetrate, as a keen emotion; to feel a sharp, quivering sensation; to quiver.
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A tingling sensation; quivering excitement.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To pierce: to affect strongly.
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To pierce, as something sharp: to cause a tingling, shivering feeling to run through the body: to feel a sharp, shivering sensation.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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