n.
  - a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure. 
▸an experience that produces such a feeling.
 ▸a wave or nervous tremor of emotion or sensation.
 - Medicine  a vibratory movement or resonance felt by placing a hand on the body. 
▸archaic a throb or pulsation.
 
v.
  - have or cause to have a thrill.
 - (of an emotion or sensation) pass with a nervous tremor. 
▸quiver or tremble.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - thrills and spills
 excitement and exhilaration. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
    - thrilling adj.
  - thrillingly adv.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME (in the sense ‘pierce or penetrate’): alt. of dial. thirl ‘pierce, bore’.