definición y significado de thrill

Definición

thrill (n.)

1.something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation"the thrills of space travel"

2.an almost pleasurable sensation of fright"a frisson of surprise shot through him"

3.the swift release of a store of affective force"they got a great bang out of it" "what a boot!" "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin" "he does it for kicks"

4.a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

5.an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

thrill (v.)

1.feel sudden intense sensation or emotion"he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"

2.fill with sublime emotion"The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies" "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

3.tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

4.cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input"The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow"

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Merriam Webster

ThrillThrill (thrĭl), n. [See Trill.] A warbling; a trill.

ThrillThrill, n. [AS. þyrel an aperture. See Thrill, v. t.] A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.

ThrillThrill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.] [OE. thrillen, þirlen, þurlen, to pierce; all probably fr. AS. þyrlian, þyrelian, Fr. þyrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. þurh through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. √53. See Through, and cf. Drill to bore, Nostril, Trill to trickle.]
1. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill. [Obs.]

He pierced through his chafed chest
With thrilling point of deadly iron brand. Spenser.

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.

To bathe in flery floods, or to reside
In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice. Shak.

Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the �eader with sudden delight. M. Arnold.

The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled,
That sudden cold did run through every vein. Spenser.

3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.]

I'll thrill my javelin. Heywood.

ThrillThrill, 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.

I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins. Shak.

2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.

To seek sweet safety out
In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake. Shak.

ThrillThrill, 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. Burns.

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