thriller
See also: Thriller
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪlə(r)
Noun
thriller (plural thrillers)
- Something that thrills.
- 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian[1]:
- While Arsenal had enjoyed a Boxing Day break thanks to the cancellation of their game against West Ham, Newcastle had come out of the wrong end of a thriller at Old Trafford and Pardew said that strain accounted for his side conceding four goals at the Emirates after Demba Ba had drawn Newcastle level for the third time in the 69th minute.
- (film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
Synonyms
- (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): pulp novel
Hypernyms
- (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction
Hyponyms
- (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction
Translations
a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction
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See also
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English thriller.
Noun
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- thriller (suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.)
Further reading
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English thriller.
Pronunciation
Noun
thriller m (plural thrillers)
Further reading
- “thriller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English thriller.
Noun
thriller m (uncountable)
- thriller (film, book etc)
Further reading
- thriller in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English thriller.
Noun
thriller m (plural thrillers or thriller)
- thriller (film, book etc.)
Further reading
- “thriller”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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