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, thrill,
         kick]
    2: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
       surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver,
       chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle]
    3: something that causes you to experience a sudden intense
       feeling or sensation; "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: thrill,
       tickle, vibrate]
    3: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement [syn:
       shudder, shiver, throb, thrill]
    4: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the
       prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his
       phenomenal success" [syn: exhilarate, tickle pink,
       inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify]

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.]
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            He pierced through his chafed chest
            With thrilling point of deadly iron brand.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   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.
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            To bathe in flery floods, or to reside
            In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice. --Shak.
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            Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which
            thrill the ?eader with sudden delight. --M. Arnold.
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            The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled,
            That sudden cold did run through every vein.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.]
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            I'll thrill my javelin.               --Heywood.
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Thrill \Thrill\, n.
   1. A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.
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   2. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement;
      as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. --Burns.
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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.
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            I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite
      sensation, running through the body.
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            To seek sweet safety out
            In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake.
                                                  --Shak.
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Thrill \Thrill\ (thr[i^]l), n. [See Trill.]
   A warbling; a trill.
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Thrill \Thrill\, n. [AS. [thorn]yrel an aperture. See Thrill,
   v. t.]
   A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
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