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Lilt
| Lilt Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Lilt?
[n] a jaunty rhythm in music
[v] articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
Synonyms | Synonyms for Lilt: swing
Related Terms | Find terms related to Lilt: accent |
accentuation |
alba |
Alexandrine |
amphibrach |
amphimacer |
anacrusis |
anapest |
anthem |
antispast |
arsis |
art song |
aubade |
bacchius |
ballad |
ballade |
ballata |
barcarole |
bark |
bawl |
beam |
beat |
bellow |
blare |
blat |
blubber |
blues |
blues song |
boat song |
boom |
Brautlied |
bray |
breathe |
bridal hymn |
brindisi |
buzz |
cackle |
cadence |
caesura |
calypso |
canso |
canticle |
canzone |
canzonet |
canzonetta |
caper |
caracole |
carol |
catalexis |
cavatina |
chanson |
chant |
chantey |
chirp |
chirrup |
chloriamb |
chloriambus |
choir |
chorus |
Christmas carol |
clap hands |
colon |
coo |
counterpoint |
cretic |
croon |
croon song |
crow |
dactyl |
dactylic hexameter |
dance |
delight |
descant |
diaeresis |
dimeter |
dipody |
dirge |
ditty |
dochmiac |
do-re-mi |
drawl |
drinking song |
elegiac |
elegiac couplet |
elegiac pentameter |
emphasis |
epithalamium |
epitrite |
exclaim |
exult |
feminine caesura |
flute |
folk song |
foot |
frisk |
frolic |
gambol |
gasp |
glory |
glow |
growl |
grunt |
heptameter |
heptapody |
heroic couplet |
hexameter |
hexapody |
hiss |
hum |
hymeneal |
hymn |
iamb |
iambic |
iambic pentameter |
ictus |
intonate |
intone |
ionic |
jingle |
joy |
jubilate |
keen |
Kunstlied |
laugh |
lay |
Liebeslied |
lied |
love song |
love-lilt |
masculine caesura |
matin |
measure |
meter |
metrical accent |
metrical foot |
metrical group |
metrical unit |
metrics |
metron |
minstrel |
minstrel song |
minstrelsy |
molossus |
mora |
movement |
mumble |
murmur |
mutter |
national anthem |
number |
numbers |
paeon |
pant |
pentameter |
pentapody |
period |
pipe |
proceleusmatic |
prosody |
prothalamium |
psalm |
pyrrhic |
quantity |
quaver |
radiate cheer |
rejoice |
revel |
rhythm |
rhythmic pattern |
roar |
rollick |
romp |
roulade |
rumble |
scream |
screech |
serena |
serenade |
serenata |
shake |
shriek |
sibilate |
sigh |
sing |
sing in chorus |
skip |
skip for joy |
smile |
snap |
snarl |
snort |
sob |
sol-fa |
solmizate |
song |
sparkle |
spondee |
sprung rhythm |
squall |
squawk |
squeal |
stress |
swing |
syzygy |
tetrameter |
tetrapody |
tetraseme |
theme song |
thesis |
thunder |
torch song |
tremolo |
tribrach |
trill |
trimeter |
tripody |
triseme |
trochee |
troll |
trumpet |
twang |
tweedle |
tweedledee |
twit |
twitter |
vocalize |
Volkslied |
wail |
war song |
warble |
wedding song |
whine |
whisper |
whistle |
yap |
yawp |
yell |
yelp |
yodel
See Also | articulate |
enounce |
enunciate |
pronounce |
rhythmicity |
say |
sound out
Lilt In Webster's Dictionary
\Lilt\ (l[i^]lt), v. i. [Cf. Norw. lilla, lirla, to sing in
a high tone.]
1. To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip,
fly, or hop. [Prov. Eng.] --Wordsworth.
2. To sing cheerfully. [Scot.]
\Lilt\, v. t.
To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with
spirit and liveliness.
A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of
thundrous epic lilted out By violet-hooded doctors.
--Tennyson.
\Lilt\, n.
1. Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
The movement, the lilt, and the subtle charm of the
verse. --F. Harrison.
2. A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
The housewife went about her work, or spun at her
wheel, with a lilt upon her lips. --J. C.
Shairp.
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