Trill vs. Gruppetto

Trillnoun

(music) A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.

Trillnoun

(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.

Trillnoun

A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.

Trillverb

(intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

Trillverb

(transitive) To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill.

Trillverb

To trickle.

Trillverb

To twirl.

Trilladjective

true, respected

Trillverb

To flow in a small stream, or in drops rapidly succeeding each other; to trickle.

Trillverb

To turn round; to twirl.

Trillverb

To impart the quality of a trill to; to utter as, or with, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note.

Trillverb

To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

Trillnoun

A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth - tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip - against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.

Trillnoun

The action of the organs in producing such sounds; as, to give a trill to the tongue. d

Trillnoun

A shake or quaver of the voice in singing, or of the sound of an instrument, produced by the rapid alternation of two contiguous tones of the scale; as, to give a trill on the high C. See Shake.

Trillnoun

a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it

Trillverb

pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r';

Trillverb

sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

Gruppettonoun

(music) A trill or turn.

Gruppettonoun

(cycling) A group of cyclists that is separated at the rear from the peloton in a race; autobus