- 1a repeated short high sound made, for example, by someone's voice or by a bird
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- 2(music) the sound made when two notes next to each other in the musical scale are played or sung quickly several times one after the other
- 3(also roll) (phonetics) a sound, usually a/r/, produced by making the tongue vibrate against a part of the mouth
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