Lilt

[lilt]

Use the word lilt to describe a swinging kind of tempo in music. You might love old fashioned big band jazz because of its distinctive lilt.

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To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.

Noun
a jaunty rhythm in music

Verb
articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way

v. i.
To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.

v. i.
To sing cheerfully.

v. t.
To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.

n.
Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.

n.
A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.

Lilt

Lilt , 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

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.

Lilt

Lilt, n. 1. Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.

The movement, the lilt, and the subtle charm of the verse.

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.

To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.

To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.

Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.

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