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lilted up

lilted up is the simple past and past participle of lilt up.

Meaning of lilt up

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

Questions about lilted up

What is lilted up the simple past and past participle of?
Lilted up is the simple past and past participle of lilt up.

Words near lilted up in the dictionary

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

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