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TILT
rock, careen, sway, tilt
(noun) pitching dangerously to one side
tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning
(noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; “the tower had a pronounced tilt”; “the ship developed a list to starboard”; “he walked with a heavy inclination to the right”
tilt
(noun) a slight but noticeable partiality; “the court’s tilt toward conservative rulings”
controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing
(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; “they were involved in a violent argument”
joust, tilt
(noun) a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
tilt
(verb) charge with a tilt
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
(verb) heel over; “The tower is tilting”; “The ceiling is slanting”
careen, wobble, shift, tilt
(verb) move sideways or in an unsteady way; “The ship careened out of control”
lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
(verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position; “She leaned over the banister”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)
(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant. [1590]
(jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance. [1590]
(intransitive) To be at an angle. [1620]
(transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
(transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
(poker, video games) To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
(pinball, of a machine) To intentionally let the ball fall down to the drain by disabling flippers and most targets, done as a punishment to the player when the machine is nudged too violently or frequently.
Synonyms
• slope
• incline
• slant
Coordinate terms
• (photography): pan, cant
Noun
tilt (plural tilts)
A slope or inclination.
The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
(photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
A jousting contest. (countable) [1510]
An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
A thrust, as with a lance.
A tilt hammer.
Etymology 2
Noun
tilt (plural tilts)
A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc. [1450]
Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
Verb
tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)
(transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.
Anagrams
• Litt
Source: Wiktionary
Tilt, n. Etym: [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. tält, tjäll, Dan. telt, and ASThe beteldan to cover.]
1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. Denham.
2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat. Tilt boat (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth.
– Tilt roof (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.
Tilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tilting.]
Definition: To cover with a tilt, or awning.
Tilt, v. t. Etym: [OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS. tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. tölt an ambling pace, tölta to amble. Cf. Totter.]
1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.
2. To point or thrust, as a lance. Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. J. Philips.
3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.
Tilt, v. i.
1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances. He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast. Shak. Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast. Shak. But in this tournament can no man tilt. Tennyson. The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the Pope.
2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip. The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back. Grew.
Tilt, n.
1. A thrust, as with a lance. Addison.
2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
3. See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary.
4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask. Full tilt, with full force. Dampier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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