Crossword clues for lilting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
lilting \lilting\ adj. having a light rhythmical cadence; as, an easy lilting stride; a lilting melody.
Syn: swinging, swingy, tripping.
Wiktionary
Having a lilt; with energy, spirit and sprightliness; lively and cheerful. n. Type of lively singing without any musical accompaniment, where the tune itself is sung. v
(present participle of lilt English)
WordNet
Wikipedia
Lilting is a form of traditional singing common in the Gaelic speaking areas of Ireland and Scotland. It goes under many names, and is sometimes referred to as mouth music, diddling, jigging, chin music or cheek music, puirt a beul in Scottish Gaelic, Canterach, or portaireacht bhéil (port a'bhéil, "mouth-singing") in Irish Gaelic. It in some ways resembles scat singing.
Lilting is a 2014 British drama film written and directed by Cambodian-born British director Hong Khaou, whose short film, Spring, was selected for Sundance and Berlinale film festival 2011. It is produced by Dominic Buchanan, whose debut film Gimme The Loot had its World Premiere at SXSW in March 2012 and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature.
The film had its world premiere on 16 January 2014, on Day One of the Sundance Film Festival, at which it competed in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. It won the Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic at the festival. The film had a theatrical release in UK on 8 August 2014 and released on 26 September 2014 in United States.
Usage examples of "lilting".
Good gracious, but his deep masculine voice was rich, with a thick, lilting accent that could only be described as musical.
Such eyes adazzle dancing with mine, such nimble and discreet ankles, such gimp English middles, and such a gay delight in the mere grace of the lilting and tripping beneath rafters ringing loud with thunder, that Pan himself might skip across a hundred furrows for sheer envy to witness.
Ebor, son of Bordis, up on the wall-walk by the western gate, answered a quiet summons and came down the steps to that lilting voice.
The lilting reggae strains of Bob Marley began to pulse through the speakers, having an almost instant mellowing effect on us both.
To his right, Timmer strummed her lotari softly humming a lilting melody to herself and scribbling the notes down on paper as soon as she had them figured out.
Through the lilting strings of the Allegro first movement, she heard the doorbell ring.
He sheathed his stolen dagger and carolled a line of balladry in lyrical, lilting satire.
He sheathed his stolen dagger and caroled a line of balladry in lyrical, lilting satire.
But when they looked like trees, it was like strangely human trees, and when they looked like people, it was like strangely branchy and leafy people - and all the time that queer lilting, rustling, cool, merry noise.
Uncle Henry spoke as if reciting a ballad of old in a lilting cadence.
Those mountains bore lilting names and snow-streaked peaks: Tres Orejos, Vallecitos, rocky Jicarita, wooded Picuris peak, Truchas, and San Antonio where the eagle knew elk lived.
Chase knew what he was hearing: the ghostly hoots and avian chirrups, the whistles and tweets, the lovely, lilting conversation between leviathans.
Lilting and swooping across the gondola's middle tower, we looked at the lights of Vancouver before the 1980s had its way with the cityan innocent, vulnerable, spun-glass kingdom.
Terry Cooke had fallen asleep with the Mail open on his lap and orchestral versions of Burt Bacharach's hits lilting out of the stereo.
And many a flute and lilting horn, And pipes made of greene corn, As have these little herde-grooms,* *shepherd-boys That keepe beastes in the brooms.