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LILT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A jaunty rhythm in music

Synonyms:

lilt; swing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("lilt" is a kind of...):

rhythmicity (the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music)

Derivation:

lilt (articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "lilt" is one way to...):

articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

lilt (a jaunty rhythm in music)

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