tilt

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

incliner

pencher

inclinaison

joute

s’incliner

basculer

pente

faire pencher

jouter

se pencher

querelle

rendement maximum

gaspiller

gîter

ruiner

se concentrer sur

s’appliquer

vider

baisser

culbuter

inclination

rabattre

tendance

incliné

être tordu

roc

roche

rocher

rock

liste

Controverse

argument

controverse

polémique

donner de la bande

assiette

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɪlt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.