Thesaurus: lilt

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

Definitions

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.
n. a jaunty rhythm in music
v. articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
1. To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop. [Prov. Eng.] Wordsworth. 2. To sing cheerfully. [Scot.] 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. 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.
To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spiritand liveliness.A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous epiclilted out By violet-hooded doctors. Tennyson.
v:39/n:61 n. a jaunty rhythm in music v. articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way