lyric
adj 1: expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical
performance" [syn: {lyrical}]
2: (music; of a singer or singing voice) being light in volume
and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [ant: {dramatic}]
3: (music) relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric
stage"
4: (poetry) "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)