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Meaning of thrill

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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