thrill
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl).
Verb
thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)
- (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 37:
- The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, / That sudden cold did run through every vein.
- 1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems
- vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the reader with a sudden delight
- 1937, Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline (lyrics and music), “One Song”, in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney:
- One love / That has possessed me; / One love / Thrilling me through
- (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
- (obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42:
- he perced through his chaufed chest / With thrilling point of deadly yron brand
- (obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age:
- I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture
Derived terms
Translations
suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify
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feel a sudden excitement
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cause something to tremble or quiver
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tremble or quiver
to perforate
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Noun
thrill (plural thrills)
- A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion.
- 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
- She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
- A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
- (medicine) A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
- A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Derived terms
Terms derived from thrill (noun)
Translations
trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion
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cause of sudden excitement; a kick
slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur
Etymology 2
Blend of thread (verb) + drill (verb).
Verb
thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)