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# thriller

noun (a thriller, thrillers)

«thriller» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A thriller is an exciting book, film or TV show full of suspense and danger, often about crime, spies or chases, that keeps you wanting to know what happens next. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thriller/#m1)
2. (informal) A thriller is any very exciting event, like a match that is close until the end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thriller/#m2)

### In the lessons

In reading lessons it is a genre, with features like cliffhangers, a ticking clock, twists and a hero in danger. In sport talk, «a thriller» is a close, exciting game. Phrases: «a spy thriller», «a crime thriller», «a real thriller», «edge of your seat».

### Examples

- The spy thriller kept me reading late into the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thriller/#x1)
- The match was a thriller that ended 4–3. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thriller/#x2)
- A good thriller ends chapters with a cliffhanger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thriller/#x3)
- Mum likes crime thrillers on TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thriller/#x4)
- That film is a thriller, so it may be too scary for little kids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thriller/#x5)
- Our class wrote a short thriller about a stolen painting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thriller/#x6)
- «Thriller» is also the name of a famous Michael Jackson song. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thriller/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a thriller, thrillers. From «thrill» (a strong feeling of excitement). A thriller is not exactly a horror story; it is about suspense more than fright, though they can overlap.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thriller» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thriller/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thriller» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thriller.html) on Mova free.