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lilt

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lilt  (llt)
n.
1. A cheerful or lively manner of speaking, in which the pitch of the voice varies pleasantly.
2. A light, happy tune or song.
3. A light or resilient manner of moving or walking.
v. lilt·ed, lilt·ing, lilts
v.tr.
To say, sing, or play (something) in a cheerful, rhythmic manner.
v.intr.
1. To speak, sing, or play with liveliness or rhythm.
2. To move with lightness and buoyancy.

[From Middle English lulten, lilten, to sound an alarm.]

lilt
Noun
1. a pleasing musical quality in a speaking voice
2. (in music) a jaunty rhythm
3. a graceful rhythmic motion
Verb
1. (of a voice, tune, or song) to rise and fall in a pleasant way
2. to move gracefully and rhythmically [origin unknown]
lilting adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lilt - a jaunty rhythm in music
rhythmicity - the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music
Verb1.lilt - articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

lilt
Translations
lilt [lɪlt] ndeje m

lilt [lɪlt] nrythme m, cadence f

lilt [lɪlt] nsingender Tonfall m

lilt [lɪlt] ncadenza

lilt
n lilt [lilt]
(a tune etc with) a strong rhythm. vrolike deuntjie, ritme أغنِيَه ذات إيقاع ритъм rytmus, švih melodisk tonefald fröhliche Weise ρυθμικός κυματισμός, δυνατός ρυθμός melodía, ritmo hoogne rütm جهش یا حرکت فنری reipas rytmi rythme, cadence שִׁיר קִצבִּי वाणी का उतार-चढा़व vedra pjesma ritmus, lejtés irama léttur taktfastur söngur/lag (ritmo vivace) 活発なリズム 쾌활하고 가락이 좋은 리듬[] smagi melodija, ritmas (runas, dziesmas) ritms nada deuntje sang med fast rytme rytm ritmo ritm, cadenţă подчёркнутый ритм rytmus ritem, kadenca radosna pesma melodi, trall, rytm เพลงที่มีจังหวะชัดเจน oynaklık, kıvraklık 輕快旋律 ритм چنچل لے nhịp điệu nhịp nhàng


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Singer and tailor am I-- Doubled the joys that I know-- Proud of my lilt to the sky, Proud of the house that I sew-- Over and under, so weave I my music--so weave I the house that I sew.
In the lilt Of winds I hear her whisper: "Oh that I Might melt into the moonbeams, and with them Leap through the void, and shed myself with them Upon my lover.
It recrudesced the laughter and the song, and put a lilt into my own imagination so that I could laugh and sing and say foolish things with the liveliest of them, or platitudes with verve and intensity to the satisfaction of the pompous mediocre ones who knew no other way to talk.
 
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