<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body.</li><li>to utter or send forth tremulously, as a melody.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to affect one with a wave of emotion or excitement.</li><li>to be stirred by a tremor or tingling sensation of emotion or excitement: He thrilled at the thought of home.</li><li>to move tremulously; vibrate; quiver.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, sometimes manifested as a tremor or tingling sensation passing through the body.</li><li>something that produces or is capable of producing such a sensation: a story full of thrills.</li><li>a thrilling experience: It was a thrill to see Paris again.</li><li>a vibration or quivering.</li><li>an abnormal tremor or vibration, as in the respiratory or vascular system.</li></ul>