I lifted my head; somewhere in the distance was the cheerful trilling of a chaffinch.
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Trilling
Synonyms for "trilling" (23 found)
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Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (7)
Noun(6 words)
Related words (11)
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More general
9 entriesanimal vocalizationarticulatory featureconsonant articulationconsonant productionmusical ornamentphonetic featuresound featuresound qualityvocal quality
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14 entriesCollocations
16 entriesalveolar trillbird trilllabial trilllip trillmusical trillornamental trillrapid trilltongue trilltrilling effecttrilling motiontrilling phonemetrilling rtrilling soundtrilling voiceuvular trillvocal trill
Inflections
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6 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I likes the women's trilling in wedding.
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While we were trying to fall asleep, the neighbor came home from the bar trilling Britney Spears. We're going to pay him back for that.
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It was pretty close quarters, but I had conversed with her at such length during the nest-building time, that she knew my voice and soon began to answer me in low trillings — trillings that could scarcely be heard — and turn her head to look at me in a friendly way.
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