lilt

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

2. v. i. To sing cheerfully. Source: opted

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

4. n. Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness. Source: opted

5. n. A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune. Source: opted

6. n. a jaunty rhythm in music Source: wordnet

7. v. articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way Source: wordnet

8. 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. Source: webster

9. 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. Source: adambom

10. v:39/n:61 n. a jaunty rhythm in music v. articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way Source: ecdict

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