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lilts up

lilts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lilts up

What is lilts up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lilts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lilt up.

Words near lilts up in the dictionary

  1. lilting up
  2. liltingly
  3. liltingness
  4. liltings
  5. lilts
  6. lilts up
  7. lily
  8. lily crucifix
  9. lily crucifixes
  10. lily feet
  11. lily foot

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