Definition of tilt Tilt
/tɪˈlt/ - [tilt] - tilt
We found 40 definitions of tilt from 10 different sources.
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What does tilt mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: tilts |
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| tilt - 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" | ||
| list, inclination, lean, leaning | ||
| spatial relation, position the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom | ||
| tilt - a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings" | ||
| tilt - a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" | ||
| controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, argument, arguing | ||
| difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict coming into conflict with | ||
| argle-bargle, argy-bargy a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument | ||
| firestorm an outburst of controversy; "the incident triggered a political firestorm" | ||
| sparring an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage | ||
| polemic a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) | ||
| tilt - pitching dangerously to one side | ||
| rock, careen, sway | ||
| pitching, lurch, pitch (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team | ||
| tilt - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances | ||
| joust | ||
| battle, struggle a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" | ||
| tournament a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | ||
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| tilt - charge with a tilt | ||
| joust joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback | ||
| tilt - to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister" | ||
| lean, tip, slant, angle | ||
| flex, bend cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" | ||
| knock over, bowl over, tip over, tump over, overturn, upset, turn over turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" | ||
| tip over, tump over, overturn, turn over turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" | ||
| lean against, lean on, rest on rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired" | ||
| slope, incline, pitch be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" | ||
| weather change under the action or influence of the weather; "A weathered old hut" | ||
| heel, list put a new heel on; "heel shoes" | ||
| lean back, recline move the upper body backwards and down | ||
| tilt - heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" | ||
| cant, cant over, slant, pitch | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| cock set the trigger of a firearm back for firing | ||
| tilt - move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" | ||
| careen, wobble, shift | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tilt (Noun)
A slope or inclination. - tilt (Noun)
The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this. - tilt (Noun)
An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office. - tilt (Noun)
A canvas covering for carts etc. - tilt (Verb)
Jousting to charge at someone with a lance. - tilt (Verb)
To point or thrust a weapon at. - tilt (Verb)
To forge something with a tilt hammer . - tilt (Verb)
To play worse than usual. - tilt (Verb)
To move a camera vertically in a controlled way.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tilt (n.)
A covering overhead; especially, a tent. - tilt (n.)
The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon. - tilt (n.)
A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat. - tilt (v. t.)
To cover with a tilt, or awning. - tilt (v. t.)
To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel. - tilt (v. t.)
To point or thrust, as a lance. - tilt (v. t.)
To point or thrust a weapon at. - tilt (v. t.)
To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile. - tilt (v. i.)
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. - tilt (v. i.)
To lean; to fall partly over; to tip. - tilt (n.)
A thrust, as with a lance. - tilt (n.)
A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament. - tilt (n.)
See Tilt hammer, in the Vocabulary. - tilt (n.)
Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tilt
An angle indicating the amount of rotation of an object around its longitudinal axis. For an airplane, it indicates whether its nose points up or down.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tilt, n. the canvas covering of a cart or wagon: an awning in a boat.—v.t. to cover with an awning. [A.S. teld—teldan, to cover; cog. with Ger. zelt.] -
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tilt, v.i. to ride against another and thrust with a lance: to thrust or fight with a lance or rapier: to fall into a sloping posture, to heel over.—v.t. to point or thrust with, as a lance: to slant: to raise one end of: to forge with a tilt-hammer.—n. a thrust: in the Middle Ages, an exercise in which combatants rode against each other with lances: inclination forward, dip, slant.—ns. Tilt′er; Tilt′-hamm′er, a heavy hammer used in ironworks, which is tilted or lifted by means of projections on the axis of a wheel; Tilt′ing; Tilt′-yard, a place for tilting. [A.S. tealt, tottering; Ice. tölta, to trot; Ger. zelter.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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tilt
tendelet, (tyld, Sax.) a small canopy or awning of canvas, or other cloth, extended over the stern-sheets of a boat, and supported by small pillars, or broad laths of flexible wood incurvated into arches. It is used to cover the passengers from the rain or sunshine. See BOAT.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A small canopy extended over the stern-sheets of a boat, supported by iron or wood work, to keep off rain, as an awning is used to keep off the sun.--To tilt. To lift up a little on one side or end of anything.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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tilt
A thrust, or fight with rapiers; also, an old military game.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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tilt
To tilt; to fight with a sword. To run full tilt against one; allusion to the ancient tilling with the lance.
