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lilt up

lilt up verb: to start playing (music); to strike up (a tune, song, etc.).

Verb

lilt up (third-person singular simple present lilts up, present participle lilting up, simple past and past participle lilted up)

  1. (transitive) To start playing (music); to strike up (a tune, song, etc.).
    • "[A]nd divil be in Tim, when he h'ard it but he lilts up the 'Priest in his Boots;' and, God forgive us, we all burst out laughin', for shure who could hilp it, if it was the bishop himsilf?"1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 518

Forms of lilt up

third-person singular presentlilts up
present participlelilting up
past participlelilted up
pastlilted up

Questions about lilt up

What does lilt up mean?
Lilt up means to start playing (music); to strike up (a tune, song, etc.).
What part of speech is lilt up?
Lilt up is a verb.
What is the past tense of lilt up?
The past tense of lilt up is lilted up.

Words near lilt up in the dictionary

  1. lilopristone
  2. lilos
  3. Liloy
  4. lils
  5. lilt
  6. lilt up
  7. lilted
  8. lilted up
  9. lilting
  10. lilting up
  11. liltingly

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