trilling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun United States literary critic (1905-1975)
    Lionel Trilling.
  2. verb pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'
    trill.
    • Some speakers trill their r's
  3. verb sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
    quaver; trill; warble.

WordNet

Tril"ling noun
Etymology
Cf. G. drilling.
Definitions
  1. One of tree children born at the same birth. Wright.
  2. (Crystallog.) A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.

Webster 1913