Meaning of "lilt" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LILT

Lulten, origin obscure.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LILT

lilt  [lɪlt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LILT

Lilt is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb lilt in English.

WHAT DOES LILT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lilt

Lilt is a brand of soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company and sold in the Seychelles, United Kingdom, Gibraltar and Republic of Ireland only. During the 1980s, Lilt was promoted with the advertising slogan, "the totally tropical taste." In the late 1990s it was heavily promoted with advertisements featuring two Jamaican women, Blanche Williams and Hazel Palmer. They became known in the media as the "Lilt Ladies". Lilt is also known for its advertising campaign "Here Comes the Lilt Man".

Definition of lilt in the English dictionary

The first definition of lilt in the dictionary is a jaunty rhythm. Other definition of lilt is a buoyant motion. Lilt is also to have a lilt.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LILT

PRESENT

Present

I lilt

you lilt

he/she/it lilts

we lilt

you lilt

they lilt

Present continuous

I am lilting

you are lilting

he/she/it is lilting

we are lilting

you are lilting

they are lilting

Present perfect

I have lilted

you have lilted

he/she/it has lilted

we have lilted

you have lilted

they have lilted

Present perfect continuous

I have been lilting

you have been lilting

he/she/it has been lilting

we have been lilting

you have been lilting

they have been lilting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I lilted

you lilted

he/she/it lilted

we lilted

you lilted

they lilted

Past continuous

I was lilting

you were lilting

he/she/it was lilting

we were lilting

you were lilting

they were lilting

Past perfect

I had lilted

you had lilted

he/she/it had lilted

we had lilted

you had lilted

they had lilted

Past perfect continuous

I had been lilting

you had been lilting

he/she/it had been lilting

we had been lilting

you had been lilting

they had been lilting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will lilt

you will lilt

he/she/it will lilt

we will lilt

you will lilt

they will lilt

Future continuous

I will be lilting

you will be lilting

he/she/it will be lilting

we will be lilting

you will be lilting

they will be lilting

Future perfect

I will have lilted

you will have lilted

he/she/it will have lilted

we will have lilted

you will have lilted

they will have lilted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been lilting

you will have been lilting

he/she/it will have been lilting

we will have been lilting

you will have been lilting

they will have been lilting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would lilt

you would lilt

he/she/it would lilt

we would lilt

you would lilt

they would lilt

Conditional continuous

I would be lilting

you would be lilting

he/she/it would be lilting

we would be lilting

you would be lilting

they would be lilting

Conditional perfect

I would have lilt

you would have lilt

he/she/it would have lilt

we would have lilt

you would have lilt

they would have lilt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been lilting

you would have been lilting

he/she/it would have been lilting

we would have been lilting

you would have been lilting

they would have been lilting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you lilt
we let´s lilt
you lilt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to lilt

Past participle

lilted

Present Participle

lilting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «LILT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lilt» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of lilt

beat · cadence · intonation · pitch · rhythm · sway · swing

TRANSLATION OF LILT

Find out the translation of lilt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lilt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lilt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 轻快
• Translator English - Spanish: lilt
• English: lilt
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रफुल्ल
• Translator English - Arabic: إيقاع
• Translator English - Russian: переливы
• Translator English - Portuguese: cadência
• Translator English - Bengali: গুঁজন
• Translator English - French: cadence
• Translator English - Malay: Lilt
• Translator English - German: trällern
• Translator English - Japanese: 軽快な動き
• Translator English - Korean: 명랑하고 쾌활한 곡조
• Translator English - Javanese: Lilt
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nhịp nhàng
• Translator English - Tamil: சந்தப் பாடல்
• Translator English - Marathi: हुकूम
• Translator English - Turkish: kıvraklık
• Translator English - Italian: cadenza
• Translator English - Polish: lilt
• Translator English - Ukrainian: переливи
• Translator English - Romanian: cântec cu ritm vioi
• Translator English - Greek: άδω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ritme
• Translator English - Swedish: lilt
• Translator English - Norwegian: lilt

2 QUOTES WITH «LILT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lilt.

1

Ellsworth Kelly

Geometry is moribund. I want a lilt and joy to art.

2

Emily Ratajkowski

I'm a big fan of the Irish accent. After a couple of drinks, I start to get a bit of an Irish lilt, too.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LILT»

Discover the use of lilt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lilt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

LIFE

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LIFE

SffifJ n NEW f|ULtiLlL5> COMBS IT! ECOMB HOME PERMANENT ! no messv dip -dabs; goes on with half the work IN! ... Kj Only Lilt gives this entirely new experience with a permanent. The new squeeze bottle with comb tip works like a  ...

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Krazy & Ignatz: "a kat a'lilt with song" : convening the ...

Fantagraphics presents the fourth volume in a long-term plan to chronologically reprint strips from the prime of Herriman's career, most of which have not seen print since originally running in newspapers 75 years ago.

George Herriman, Bill Blackbeard, Derya Ataker, 2004

The English dialect dictionary

You're glad to lilt a bit spring or \\'hustle blythely t0 yoursel', SERVICE l\'olandmns (1890) 99. L111. He spouted last speeches, and liltit new ballants. BALLANTINE Poems (1856 44. Edb. They too were lilting their favourite songs, Mom .'llansie ...

Joseph Wright

My Father: By Teri Lilt Mott

Lilt answered the door. “Hey,” the dark-haired, eagle-eyed, wiry man said. “Who are you?” “Lilt. And you're Uncle Arnie!” “I am. And you're definitely a Lilt. Where's my Bro?” “Here!” Tommy shouted, pouncing on him. Arnie was lean and sinewy,  ...

Bob Cole, 2001

Foreign Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers

LILT In this book, examples of the dialect lilts have been given both in musical form, for those who can read music, and in a simple, stepladder form for those who cannot. Try the musical graphs on a piano or violin and then imitate the notes ...

Lewis Herman, Marquerite Shalett Herman, 2014

Handbook of Natural Language Processing

x. 1134 1114 1114 lilt lilt lilt lilt lilt 1114 lilt lilt lilt lilt lilt I 3 3 t 1114 1134 1114 Fig. 15 The 24 complete alignments of length 4, with ITG parses for 22. All nonterminal and terminal labels are omitted. A horizontal bar under a parse tree node ...

Robert Dale, Hermann Moisl, Harold Somers, 2000

A digest of the statute laws of Kentucky, of a public and ...

367; of 1«00, 2 Lilt. 424 ; of 1802, 3 Lilt. 95; of 18 20, Ses. Arts, 832; of 1831, Ses. Acts, 185; of 1634, Ses. Acts, 581. Breckenridge, formed 1799, 3 Litt. 271 : act of 1 823 concerning, Ses. Acts 336; of 1829, Ses. Acts, 30; of 1831, Ses. Acts, 79.

Kentucky, Charles Slaughter Morehead, Mason Brown, 1834

LIFE

]VEW HOME iPERMADXTEItfT GIVES AXTT TYPE OE HAIR & frcutf, Vih^ /%wL W7^4t^l^o UnuCti >\ ' sl&OO I Loose -Casual Lilt to give you. a loose, casual wave for hair styles like these— <W '£r^j$K v ^%u, Gu*fy o&etr ' yLguJl "Very Curly ...

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Building Open Source Network Security Tools: Components and ...

Lilt is a bare-bones TCP watching tool. It offers the user the capability to monitor the network for TCP connections and TCP port scans. Once Lilt locks on to a TCP connection, the user has the option of watching or terminating the connection.

Mike Schiffman, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LILT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lilt is used in the context of the following news items.

How High Def Is Changing Your Brain—and Driving the Prop Master …

... you're not going to see it on film,” Hollywood prop master David Marais told me in his sunny South African lilt. “Now, with high def, it's down to ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»

Review: Ashley Monroe, 'The Blade' | SPIN

And “I'm Good at Leavin',” co-written with Lambert, uses its lilt and mocking pedal-steel lines in as effective a closer as there's been this year. «SPIN, Jul 15»

Sanctuary at Capital Fringe - DC Theatre Scene

... challenges our assumptions, and a recurring segment where Sulby delivers snippets of poetry about the complexities of war in an Irish lilt. «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»

This Food Blogger Dropped Out of School, Quit Her Job, and …

... or achieve spiritual enlightenment,” Sarah Coates said gamely, her voice singsong courtesy of an Australian lilt. No, certainly not, we agreed. «Yahoo Food, Jul 15»

Gay Men Whining About Their Big Gay Accents - Breitbart

For all we know gay men in downtown Timbuktu speak their native Koyra Chiini with the same lilt of stretched out vowels, odd emphases and ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»

Man in the middle: a day in the life of Irish MLS referee Alan Kelly

In that broad lilt (occasionally there are very slight North American inflections) Kelly is forensic with what he wants. The chat is brief but very ... «The42, Jul 15»

Interview: Cerys Matthews - FT.com

Matthews' voice, cloaked in a south Welsh lilt, is one you could listen to all day. At school she was nicknamed “Squeaky”, although in reality ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»

West Philly playwright Hudes is safe at home - Philly.com

"My sister has darker skin than I, she has an urban lilt to her speech, and has what I like to call 'righteous thighs.' Going to college, joining the ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»

Meet Hollywood's Oldest Working Actor - The Daily Beast

In conversation, Lloyd can't help but lilt now and again, emphasizing his words with great heft as if delivering a monologue from center stage. «Daily Beast, Jul 15»

Sikandar Raza Butt: The reluctant cricketer | The Indian Express

Today, he talks with a Scottish lilt (having studied software engineering in Glasgow) and a hint of the Hararean twang. “My accent is pretty ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»