Thrill

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thrill \Thrill\ (thr[i^]l), n. [See {Trill}.]
     A warbling; a trill.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Thrill \Thrill\, n. [AS. [thorn]yrel an aperture. See {Thrill},
     v. t.]
     A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thrill \Thrill\, v. i.
     1. 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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              I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite
        sensation, running through the body.
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              To seek sweet safety out
              In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake.
                                                    --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thrill \Thrill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Thrilling}.] [OE. thrillen, [thorn]irlen, [thorn]urlen, to
     pierce; all probably fr. AS. [thorn]yrlian, [thorn]yrelian,
     Fr. [thorn]yrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. [thorn]urh
     through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore.
     [root]53. See {Through}, and cf. {Drill} to bore, {Nostril},
     {Trill} to trickle.]
     1. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to
        transfix; to drill. [Obs.]
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              He pierced through his chafed chest
              With thrilling point of deadly iron brand.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. 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 bathe in flery floods, or to reside
              In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice. --Shak.
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              Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which
              thrill the ?eader with sudden delight. --M. Arnold.
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              The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled,
              That sudden cold did run through every vein.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.]
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              I'll thrill my javelin.               --Heywood.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thrill \Thrill\, n.
     1. A drill. See 3d {Drill}, 1.
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     2. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement;
        as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. --Burns.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thrill
       n 1: 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"
            [syn: {bang}, {boot}, {charge}, {rush}, {flush}, {kick}]
       2: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
          surprise shot through him" [syn: {frisson}, {shiver}, {chill},
           {quiver}, {shudder}, {tingle}]
       3: something that thrills; "the thrills of space travel"
       v 1: cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were
            thrilled by a loud whistle blow"
       2: feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled
          by the speed and the roar of the engine" [syn: {tickle}, {vibrate}]
       3: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement [syn: {shudder},
           {shiver}, {throb}]
       4: 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" [syn: {exhilarate}, {inebriate},
           {exalt}, {beatify}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  168 Moby Thesaurus words for "thrill":
     ache, acute pain, agonize, ail, anguish, animate, arouse, bang,
     becharm, bewitch, bite, blanch, blench, boot, boring pain, buzz,
     captivate, carry away, charge, charley horse, charm, cramp, cramps,
     crick, darting pain, delectate, delight, electrify, enchant,
     enliven, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, enthuse, entrance, excite,
     excitement, fascinate, feel pain, feel the pangs, fidget, flip out,
     flush, flutter, freak out, freak out on, frisson, fulgurant pain,
     galvanize, get high on, girdle pain, give a thrill, glow, gnawing,
     go pitapat, grimace, griping, have a misery, have the fidgets,
     have the shakes, heave, hitch, hurt, imparadise, impassion,
     inspire, intoxicate, itch, jerk, jollies, jumping pain, kick, kink,
     knock dead, knock out, lancinating pain, lift, move, nip,
     palpitate, pang, pant, paresthesia, paroxysm, pinch,
     pins and needles, pound, prick, prickle, prickles, prickling,
     pulsation, quake, quaver, quicken, quiver, quivering, rally,
     ravish, rouse, rush, rush of emotion, scratch, seizure, send,
     sensation, shake, sharp pain, shiver, shoot, shooting,
     shooting pain, shrink, shudder, shuddering, slay, smart, spasm,
     squirm, stab, stabbing pain, stimulate, stimulation, sting,
     stinging, stir, stitch, strike, suffer, surge of emotion, swell,
     swell with emotion, thrill to, throb, throbbing, throes, tickle,
     tickle pink, tingle, tingle with excitement, tingling, titillate,
     titillation, tormen, toss, toss and turn, touch, transport,
     tremble, trembling, tremor, tremor of excitement, tumble,
     turn on to, tweak, twinge, twist and turn, twitch, twitter,
     urtication, vibration, wallop, wiggle, wince, wow, wrench, wriggle,
     writhe