Thrill doesn’t refer to any old type of excitement; this stuff is intense. For many people, the experience of riding a roller coaster provides a great thrill, or an intense feeling of excitement.
A warbling; a trill.
Noun
something that thrills; "the thrills of space travel"
Noun
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
Noun
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"
Verb
feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
Verb
fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
Verb
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Verb
cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow"
n.
A warbling; a trill.
v. t.
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
v. t.
To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to
transfix; to drill.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To hurl; to throw; to cast.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite
sensation, running through the body.
n.
A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.
n.
A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement;
as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.
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He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron brand.2.
To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice.
Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the eader with sudden delight.
The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein.3.
I'll thrill my javelin.
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I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins.2.
To seek sweet safety out In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake.
Thrill
A warbling; a trill.
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering;
A drill. See 3d
Usage Examples
I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill.
Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.
The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.
When I found out I got this job, I cried, of course - I'm a girly-girl - and then I called my dad, and he cried, too. On so many levels, this is a thrill for me.
Somewhere in my wildest childhood I must have done something right. Being able to make a boyhood dream come true is one thing, but to have a kid come along and thrill his dad like Brett Hull has thrilled me over his career is too much for one guy to handle.
I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.
To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it's a thrill to start a friendship even up.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
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Other Usage ExamplesAs a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive.
The thrill of coming home has never changed.
Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing.
I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.
I am a sports fanatic and being able to perform at halftime for the fans of the Steelers and the Jets is such a thrill for me.
Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.
I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
It's so exciting to be doing radio on the cutting edge of technology. Being in on something new is the biggest thrill in the world.
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