Meaning of Thrill | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
2. A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
   figuratively
3. A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
4. A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.

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Examples

“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.”

“The thrill is gone / Gone, gone for me / I still live on, lonely though I'll be”

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