lilt
Other forms: lilting; lilted; lilts
Use the word lilt to describe a swinging kind of tempo in music. You might love old fashioned big band jazz because of its distinctive lilt.
Upbeat, rhythmic music of any kind has a lilt, and you can also describe certain ways of speaking as having a lilt. In this case, the lilt is either the rhythm of a person's speech, or her accent — an Irish accent is often called an "Irish lilt." Lilt can be a verb, too, as when you lilt out a song. The earliest meaning of the word was "to lift up one's voice," from the West Midlands lulten, "to sound an alarm."
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a jaunty rhythm in music
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synonyms:
swing
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type of:
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rhythmicity
the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music
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rhythmicity
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articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
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Vocabulary lists containing lilt
High school senior Chloe Green has been working hard to become the valedictorian of Willowgrove Christian Academy, so when her main competition, Shara Wheeler, suddenly disappears, she is determined to find her and prove that the honor has been fairly earned.
In the Kingdom of Mangkon, twelve-year-old Sodsai Mudawan lies about her family's background so that she could have a chance at a bright future.
Eleven-year-old Louisa doesn't love change but explores new ways of looking at life when she visits her grandparents' farm on Deer Island and meets a boy named George.
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