tilt

Significat (anglès)

Verb

1. To slope or incline (something); to slant.
2. To be at an angle.
3. To charge (at someone) with a lance.
4. To point or thrust a weapon at.
5. To point or thrust (a weapon).
6. To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
7. 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.
8. (slang) To enter a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.

Noun

1. A slope or inclination.
2. The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
3. The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
4. A jousting contest. (countable)
5. An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
6. A thrust, as with a lance.
7. A tilt hammer.
8. (slang) A state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.

Noun

1. A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
2. Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/tɪlt/

Etimologia (anglès)

From Middle English tilte, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan (“to be unsteady”), related to the adjective tealt (“unsteady”), from Proto-West Germanic *talt, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”), see also Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“an ambling pace”).
The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with tilt "covering". The modern transitive meaning is from 1590; the intransitive use appears 1620.