Thrill
Definition of Thrill
Pronunciation: thrĭl | n. | 1. | A warbling; a trill. | | 1. | A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird. | | v. t. | 1. | To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | To hurl; to throw; to cast. | | v. i. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body. | | n. | 1. | A drill. See 3d Drill, 1. | | 2. | A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. |
Related Words
ache, acute pain, agonize, ail, anguish, animate, bang, becharm, bewitch, bite, blanch, blench, boot, boring pain, buzz, captivate, carry away, charge, charley horse, charm, cramp, cramps, crick, darting pain, delectate, delight, electrify, enchant, enliven, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, enthuse, entrance, fascinate, feel pain, feel the pangs, fidget, flip out, flush, flutter, freak out, freak out on, frisson, fulgurant pain, galvanize, get high on, girdle pain, give a thrill, glow, gnawing, go pitapat, grimace, griping, have a misery, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, hitch, hurt, imparadise, impassion, inspire, intoxicate, itch, jerk, jollies, jumping pain, kick, kink, knock dead, knock out, lancinating pain, lift, move, nip, palpitate, pang, pant, paresthesia, paroxysm, pinch, pins and needles, pound, prick, prickle, prickles, prickling, pulsation, quake, quaver, quicken, quiver, quivering, rally, ravish, rush, rush of emotion, scratch, seizure, send, sensation, shake, sharp pain, shiver, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, shrink, shudder, shuddering, slay, smart, spasm, squirm, stab, stabbing pain, stimulate, sting, stinging, stir, stitch, strike, suffer, surge of emotion, swell, swell with emotion, thrill to, throb, throbbing, throes, tickle, tickle pink, tingle, tingle with excitement, tingling, titillate, titillation, tormen, toss, toss and turn, touch, transport, tremble, trembling, tremor, tremor of excitement, tumble, turn on to, tweak, twinge, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, urtication, vibration, wallop, wiggle, wince, wow, wrench, wriggle, writhe
|
Browse
Threpsology
Thresh
Thresh-fold
Thresher
Threshold
Threshwold
Threste
Thretteen
Thretty
Threw
Thribble
Thrice
Thricecock
Thrid
Thrifallow
Thrift
Thriftily
Thriftiness
Thriftless
Thrifty
-Thrill-
Thrillant
Thrilling
Thring
Thrips
Thrist
Thrittene
Thrive
Thriven
Thriver
Thrivingly
Thrivingness
Thro'
Throat
Throat brails
Throat halyards
Throat pipe
Throatband
Throatboll
Throating
Throatlatch
|