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Thesaurus: lilt

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

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  1. v. i. To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.
  2. v. i. To sing cheerfully.
  3. v. t. To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
  4. n. Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
  5. n. A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
  6. n. a jaunty rhythm in music
  7. v. articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
  8. 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.
  9. v:39/n:61 n. a jaunty rhythm in music v. articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way