lyric
adj 1: expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical
performance" [syn: {lyrical}]
2: used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume
and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [ant: {dramatic}]
3: relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
4: of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses
emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"
n 1: the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his
compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote
both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial
language" [syn: {words}, {language}]
2: a short poem of songlike quality [syn: {lyric poem}]
v : write lyrics for (a song)
Source: WordNet® 2.0