thrill 
thrill (t̸hril)
transitive verb
- to cause sharply exhilarating excitement in; make shiver or tingle with excitement
- to produce vibrations or quivering in; cause to tremble
Etymology: ME thrillen, by metathesis < thyrlen < OE thyr(e)lian, to pierce < thyrel, perforation, hole < base of thurh, through
intransitive verb
- to feel emotional excitement; shiver or tingle with excitement
- to tremble; vibrate; quiver
noun
- a thrilling or being thrilled; tremor of excitement
- the quality of thrilling, or the ability to thrill the thrill of the chase
- something that causes emotional excitement
- a vibration; tremor; quiver
- Med. an abnormal tremor, as of the circulatory system, that can be felt by the hand on palpation
Etymology: new formation < the v.
thrill
n.
thrill
v.
Object
- spill: A deliciously bitter cocktail of jet black humor, thrills, spills and terror!
- crowd: The net effect was to allow the side to put together breathtaking rugby that thrilled the crowd.
- audience: A full stage, a final laugh, and a thrilled audience.
- spectator: Inevitably, the kind of contest which thrills a spectator leaves only a chill within the heart of a manager.
Converse of object
- enjoy: Short Wave Receiver Now anyone can enjoy the thrill of the sounds of radio broadcasts picked up on a home-built receiver!
- imagine: Imagine the thrill of reading about the key lifetime events of your grandparents.
Preposition: at
- prospect: They are thrilled at the prospect of getting a chance to show what they can do.
Adjective modifier
- vicarious: An Anthony performance is a genuine vicarious thrill for the viewer, a smorgasbord of excitement executed with the finesse of a master pianist.
- sheer: The sheer thrill of speed always does it for me.
- ultimate: Research we carried out last year proved scientifically, that bingo is the ultimate thrill, making the National, the ultimate Bingo game.
- huge: Biking is or should be great fun as well as a huge thrill.
- cheap: Is that the ultimate computer experience or a cheap thrill?
Modifies a noun
- seeker: These thrill seekers will jump off just about anything.
- ride: This low tech thrill ride was an early version of the popular bob sled.
Used with why or when
- when: We were very nervous waiting for the results but we were so thrilled when we heard we had been awarded gold.
Infinitive complement
- announce: We are thrilled to announce that an Aristasian Classic is back in print!
Preposition: of
- chase: And he had better enjoy the thrill of the chase, for this is hunting country.
- lifetime: Are you interested in a thrill of a lifetime?
- anticipation: Just thinking about it sends a thrill of anticipation through me.
- racing: Experience the thrill of street racing as the member of a team out for street supremacy.
We were now actually in the inner sanctuary of the Nanda Devi Basin, and at each step I experienced that subtlethrill which anyone of imagination must feel when treading hitherto unexplored country My most blissful dream as a child was to be in some such valley, free to wander where I liked, and discover for myself some hitherto unrevealed glory of Nature. Now the reality was no less wonderful than that half-forgotten dream; and of how many childish fancies can that be said, in this age of disillusionment ?
: I think Jack, for instance, a charming name. :Jack? No, there is very little music in the name Jack, if any at all, indeed. It does not thrill. It produces absolutely no vibrations I have known several Jacks, and theyall, without exception, weremore than usually plain. Besides,Jack is a notorious domesticity for John! And I pity any woman who is married to a man called John. She would probably never be allowed to know the entrancing pleasure of a single moment's solitude. The only really safe name is Ernest.
I get no kick from champagne; Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So tell me why should it be true That I get a kick out of you?
Being chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee is like jumping off a cliff. The thrill is very short.
Browse dictionary entries near thrill
- ‹ thrifty
- ‹ thriftlessness
- ‹ thriftlessly
- ‹ thriftless
- ‹ thriftiness
- ‹ thriftily
- ‹ thriftiest
- ‹ thriftier
- ‹ thrift shop
- ‹ thrift institution
Print this Page
Suggestion Box
Send to Friend
