From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl). Doublet of thirl (verb).
Meanings
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. 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
(figuratively) A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
The thrill is gone / Gone, gone for me / I still live on, lonely though I'll be 1951, Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell, “The Thrill Is Gone”:
A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
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thrillseeking (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · cheap thrill (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrillful (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrill-seeker (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · inthrill (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrillproof (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrillorama (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrilly (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrillcraft (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrillsville (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrillfest (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrillsome (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrill kill (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrill ride (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrill of the hunt (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrill killing (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrillogy (Terms derived from thrill (noun)) · thrill killer (Terms derived from thrill (noun))
Translations (33)
nl siddering (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · tr heyecan (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · ga díoth (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · eo ekscito (cause of sudden excitement; a kick) · es escalofrío (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · de Herzklopfen (slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur) · bg вълнение (cause of sudden excitement; a kick) · bg тръпка (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · bg трепет (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · de Gänsehautmoment (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · uk хвилюва́ння (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · es fragor (cause of sudden excitement; a kick) · uk збу́дження (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · fi väristys (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · fi jännitys (cause of sudden excitement; a kick) · pl dreszcz (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · nl trilling (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · pl dreszczyk (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · nl siddering (slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur) · mi ihiihi (cause of sudden excitement; a kick) · tr teheyyüç (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · tr korku (cause of sudden excitement; a kick) · es furor (cause of sudden excitement; a kick) · cmn 颤动 (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · de Kitzel (cause of sudden excitement; a kick) · fr frisson (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · ru тре́пет (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · ro fior (cause of sudden excitement; a kick) · tr çarpıntı (slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur) · nl siddering (cause of sudden excitement; a kick) · gv ard-taitnys (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · pt arrepio (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion) · de Nervenkitzel (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)
From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl). Doublet of thirl (verb).
Meanings
(ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
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 1937, Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline, “One Song”, in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney:
The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled,
That sudden cold did run through every vein. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 37:
(ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
(obsolete) 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 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42:
(obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age:
de in Spannung versetzen (feel a sudden excitement) · fr exciter (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · de erregen (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · tr heyecanlanmak (feel a sudden excitement) · fi sykähdyttää (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · eo eksciti (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · uk тремті́ти (tremble or quiver) · tr titremek (tremble or quiver) · mi mōhukihuki (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · ru взволнова́ться (feel a sudden excitement) · mi wanawana (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · es excitar (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · it eccitare (feel a sudden excitement) · sh uzbuditi (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · pl zachwycać (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · nl opwinden (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · es entusiasmar (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · pt excitar (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · hi सिहरन (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · pt emocionar (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · mi mōhukihuki (to perforate) · nl trillen (tremble or quiver) · uk тремті́ти (cause something to tremble or quiver) · bg треперя (tremble or quiver) · es emocionar (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · az titrəmək (tremble or quiver) · ru дрожа́ть (tremble or quiver) · uk збуди́ти (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · uk збуди́тися (feel a sudden excitement) · uk схвилюва́ти (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · tr titretmek (cause something to tremble or quiver) · mi auaha (feel a sudden excitement) · bg тръпна (tremble or quiver) · mi kōihi (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · nl sidderen (tremble or quiver) · it elettrizzare (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · de begeistern (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · fi värisyttää (cause something to tremble or quiver) · ru взволнова́ть (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · bg разтрепервам (cause something to tremble or quiver) · mi kōihiihi (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · pl wzruszać (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · tr heyecanlandırmak (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · fi värähtää (tremble or quiver) · ru вы́звать дрожь (cause something to tremble or quiver) · pl poruszać (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · fr émoustiller (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · de erschauern (tremble or quiver) · bg вълнувам (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify) · it emozionare (feel a sudden excitement) · de erschauern lassen (cause something to tremble or quiver) · fi riemastuttaa (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)