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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.

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

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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