Found 3 items, similar to thrill.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: thrill gemetar, ngeri
English → English (WordNet) Definition: thrill thrill n 1: 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” [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, kick] 2: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; “a frisson of surprise shot through him” [syn: frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, tingle] 3: something that thrills; “the thrills of space travel” v 1: cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; “The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow” 2: feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; “he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine” [syn: tickle, vibrate] 3: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement [syn: shudder, shiver, throb] 4: fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); “The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies”; “He was inebriated by his phenomenal success” [syn: exhilarate, inebriate, exalt, beatify]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Thrill Thrill \Thrill\ (thr[i^]l), n. [See Trill.] A warbling; a trill. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Thrill \Thrill\, n. [AS. [thorn]yrel an aperture. See Thrill, v. t.] A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Thrill \Thrill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.] [OE. thrillen, [thorn]irlen, [thorn]urlen, to pierce; all probably fr. AS. [thorn]yrlian, [thorn]yrelian, Fr. [thorn]yrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. [thorn]urh through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. [root]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.] [1913 Webster] He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron brand. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the ?eader with sudden delight. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I'll thrill my javelin. --Heywood. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Thrill \Thrill\, n. 1. A drill. See 3d Drill, 1. [1913 Webster] 2. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. --Burns. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Thrill \Thrill\, 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. [1913 Webster] I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body. [1913 Webster] To seek sweet safety out In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake. --Shak. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]