thrill

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From Old English þyrlian.

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thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)

  1. (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
    • 1937, Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline, “One Song”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney:
      One love / That has possessed me; / One love / Thrilling me through
  2. (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
  3. (obsolete) To pierce.

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Noun[edit]

thrill (plural thrills)

  1. a trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion
  2. a cause of sudden excitement; a kick
  3. (medicine) a slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur

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