'Lilt' definitions:
Definition of 'lilt'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Lilt'
From: GCIDE
- Lilt \Lilt\, n.
- 1. Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness. [1913 Webster]
- The movement, the lilt, and the subtle charm of the verse. --F. Harrison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune. [1913 Webster]
- The housewife went about her work, or spun at her wheel, with a lilt upon her lips. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lilt'
From: GCIDE
- Lilt \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To sing cheerfully. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lilt'
From: GCIDE
- Lilt \Lilt\, v. t. To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness. [1913 Webster]
- A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous epic lilted out By violet-hooded doctors. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lilt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- do-re-mi,
- dochmiac,
- 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