thrill
verbEtymology
From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl). Doublet of thirl (verb).
Definitions
To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure
To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
- The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, / That sudden cold did run through every vein.
- 1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems vivid and picturesque turns of expression […] which thrill the reader with a sudden delight
- One love / That has possessed me; / One love / Thrilling me through
To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
To perforate by a pointed instrument
To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
- he perced through his chaufed chest / With thrilling point of deadly yron brand
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To hurl
To hurl; to throw; to cast.
- I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture
A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion
A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
- She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
A cause of sudden excitement
A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
- The thrill is gone / Gone, gone for me / I still live on, lonely though I'll be
A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
A breathing place or hole
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads…
To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.
The neighborhood
- synonymanimate
- synonymawaken
- synonymelectrify
- synonymenflame
- synonymenkindle
- synonymenthrill
- synonymexagitate
- synonymexcite
- synonymexhilarate
- synonymexsuscitate
- synonymfillip
- synonymfire
- antonymallay
- antonymassuage
- antonymcalm down
- antonymcool
- antonymcurb
- antonymextinct
- antonymextinguish
- antonymquell
- antonymsoothe
- antonymtemperate
- neighborfrisson
- neighborrush
- neighborexciting
- neighborincite
- neighboraggravate
- neighborbring down
- neighborarouse
- neighbordelight
- neighborencourage
- neighborgeek out
- neighborshudder
- neighbortingle
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at thrill. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at thrill. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at thrill
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA