lilt

Meaning of lilt

noun
  1. a characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent.
    he spoke with a faint but recognizable Irish lilt
verb
  1. speak, sing, or sound with a lilt.
    the music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm

late Middle English lulte (in the senses ‘sound an alarm’ or ‘lift up the voice’), of unknown origin.

Information about lilt

  • The plural form of lilt is: lilts.
  • Languages ​​in which lilt is used:

    (Press the button to hear it)

Hyphenation of lilt

lilt

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • lilt is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

lilt synonyms

Meaning swing:

swing

Meaning a modulation or inflection of the voice:

cadence

Meaning the modulation of intonation or pitch in the voice:

inflection

Meaning the rise and fall of the voice in speaking:

intonation

Meaning an increase in strength or quantity; an upward trend:

upswing

Meaning special importance, value, or prominence given to something:

emphasis

Meaning pressure or tension exerted on a material object:

stress

Meaning the systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodical stress:

rhythm

Meaning a rhythmical movement from side to side:

sway

Meaning a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry:

beat

Meaning a rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood is propelled through them, typically as felt in the wrists or neck:

pulse

Meaning a plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose:

measure

Meaning the SI base unit of length (equivalent to approximately 39.37 inches), first introduced as a unit of length in the metric system:

metre

Meaning the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played:

tempo

Anagrams of lilt

itll, Till, till

Words that rhyme with lilt

No rhymes for lilt found