tilt

Meaning

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.

lean

incline

be tilted

cant over

be lopsided

be bent

be unsteady

steering gear

be disposed to

bend the head

heel over

incline toward

overset

walk sideways

lean to one side

be partial to

trend toward

be prone to

heed over

turn upward

be precipitated

bending over

bend upward

lie at an angle

lie on one side

lose balance

plunge down

pitch angle

angle of pitch

be directed towards

be inclined

concentrate on

grow old

lean against

lean over

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɪlt/

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.