thrill

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  1. transitive verb To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly.
  2. transitive verb To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture.
  3. transitive verb To cause to quiver, tremble, or vibrate.
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sensation ·  excite ·  shock ·  excitement ·  wonderful ·  surge ·  pang ·  shiver ·  throb ·  charm ·  full

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thrill:   thrilling ·  thrills ·  thrilled
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  1. Middle English thrillen, alteration of thirlen, to pierce, from Old English thȳrlian, from thȳrel, hole; see terə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English thrillen, thryllen, a transposed form of thirlen, thyrlen, English thirl: see thirl. Cf. trill, drill.
  2. In def. 1, from Middle English thril, a transposed form of thirl, n. Cf. thrill, v., for thirl, v. In the later senses, directly from thrill, v.
  3. A variant of trill, simulating thrill.
  4. See thrill, v.
 

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