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tilt

US/tɪlt/ fairly common slang
verb (4) noun (5)

verb

1.

to incline or bend from a vertical position

  • “She leaned over the banister”
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2.

heel over

  • “The tower is tilting”
  • “The ceiling is slanting”
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3.

move sideways or in an unsteady way

  • “The ship careened out of control”
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4.

charge with a tilt

noun

1.

a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

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2.
3.

a slight but noticeable partiality

  • “the court”
4.

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”
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5.

Origin

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. The sense of gaming frustration is said to originate with pinball.

Phrases

  • canthal tilt
  • I'm using tilt controls!

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