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}, {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\ (thr[i^]l), n. [See {Trill}.]
   A warbling; a trill.
   [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]
    

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]
    

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]
    

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]
    

168 Moby Thesaurus words for "thrill":
      ache, acute pain, agonize, ail, anguish, animate, arouse, bang,
      becharm, bewitch, bite, blanch, blench, boot, boring pain, buzz,
      captivate, carry away, charge, charley horse, charm, cramp, cramps,
      crick, darting pain, delectate, delight, electrify, enchant,
      enliven, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, enthuse, entrance, excite,
      excitement, fascinate, feel pain, feel the pangs, fidget, flip out,
      flush, flutter, freak out, freak out on, frisson, fulgurant pain,
      galvanize, get high on, girdle pain, give a thrill, glow, gnawing,
      go pitapat, grimace, griping, have a misery, have the fidgets,
      have the shakes, heave, hitch, hurt, imparadise, impassion,
      inspire, intoxicate, itch, jerk, jollies, jumping pain, kick, kink,
      knock dead, knock out, lancinating pain, lift, move, nip,
      palpitate, pang, pant, paresthesia, paroxysm, pinch,
      pins and needles, pound, prick, prickle, prickles, prickling,
      pulsation, quake, quaver, quicken, quiver, quivering, rally,
      ravish, rouse, rush, rush of emotion, scratch, seizure, send,
      sensation, shake, sharp pain, shiver, shoot, shooting,
      shooting pain, shrink, shudder, shuddering, slay, smart, spasm,
      squirm, stab, stabbing pain, stimulate, stimulation, sting,
      stinging, stir, stitch, strike, suffer, surge of emotion, swell,
      swell with emotion, thrill to, throb, throbbing, throes, tickle,
      tickle pink, tingle, tingle with excitement, tingling, titillate,
      titillation, tormen, toss, toss and turn, touch, transport,
      tremble, trembling, tremor, tremor of excitement, tumble,
      turn on to, tweak, twinge, twist and turn, twitch, twitter,
      urtication, vibration, wallop, wiggle, wince, wow, wrench, wriggle,
      writhe