6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
noun the swift release of a store of affective force
noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
noun something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation
originFrom Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl). Doublet of thirl (verb).
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