thriller
pronunciation
How to pronounce thriller in British English:
UK [ˈθrɪlə(r)]
How to pronounce thriller in American English:
US [ˈθrɪlər]
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- Noun:
- a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
Word Origin
- thriller (n.)
- 1889, "sensational story," agent noun from thrill (v.).
Example
- 1. Sci-fi thriller inception picked up the cinematography award .
- 2. Updated plot : a juicy political thriller / period piece .
- 3. But thriller writers exploit a different reality .
- 4. At times , as befits the middle east , it reads almost like a thriller .
- 5. ' Wu xia ' is a cat-and-mouse thriller about a repentant killer whose past catches up with him as he hides out in a remote village .