tilt

Meaning

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

tilt

incline

lean

slant

tip

slope

bend

list

careen

cant

joust

heel

pitch

inclination

stoop

sway

leaning

recline

rock

cant over

be tilted

bend down

decline

lurch

be lopsided

be unsteady

stagger

totter

dip

tilt hammer

awning

shift

wobble

angle

arguing

argument

contention

contestation

controversy

disceptation

disputation

altercation

scion

bent

bias

helm

rudder

bow

atilt

tilting

be bent

bank

flow

head

duel

be inclined

be partial to

lean to one side

battle

match

concentrate on

empty

ruin

squander

be disposed to

be prone to

go down

heed over

incline toward

sink

trend toward

wane

lie at an angle

lie on one side

bend upward

bounce

raise

turn upward

steepness

bevel

sidle

veer

walk sideways

incidence

overset

overturn

upset

jousting

justing

quarrel

burgeon

offset

offshoot

shoot

slip

sprig

sprout

twig

age

grow old

conjugate

hang up

inflect

shelve

tend

trend

verge

acclivity

conjugation

flair

flexion

gradient

inflection

inflexion

penchant

proclivity

propensity

tendency

tipping

runner

steering gear

steering wheel

wheel

declivity

heeling

obliquity

shelving

shack

shed

be precipitated

plunge down

rush

tumble

end

prostrate

lose balance

teeter

bending over

bend the head

appreciate

gravitate

camber

logomachy

wrangle

champion

combat

struggle

tournament

tourney

keel

heel over

lean over

be directed towards

put aside

attack

assault

crackdown

lunge

raid

thrust

lean against

rely on

angle of pitch

pitch angle

tip over

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɪlt/

Etymology

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.