Tilt - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|tɪlt|
Brit.
|tɪlt|
noun
- a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances (syn: joust)
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement (syn: argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disputation)
- a slight but noticeable partiality
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement (syn: argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disputation)
- a slight but noticeable partiality
the court's tilt toward conservative rulings
- the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical (syn: inclination, lean, leaning, list)the tower had a pronounced tilt
- pitching dangerously to one side (syn: careen, rock, sway)verb
- to incline or bend from a vertical position (syn: angle, lean, slant, tip)
- heel over (syn: cant, pitch, slant)
- charge with a tilt
- heel over (syn: cant, pitch, slant)
The tower is tilting
- move sideways or in an unsteady way (syn: careen, shift, wobble)- charge with a tilt
Extra examples
My mother tilted her head and smiled.
Ned's mouth tilted upwards slightly at the corners.
As it came into land, the plane tilted sideways.
The man was tilting his chair back.
Crisis situations tend to tilt the balance of power in favour of the president.
Government tax policy has tilted toward industrial development.
The team is preparing for another tilt at the European Cup.
The tower is tilting
If you tilt your head and relax your eyes..
She ran full tilt into his arms.
He charged full tilt down the slope.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: tilt
he/she/it: tilts
present participle: tilting
past tense: tilted
past participle: tilted
I/you/we/they: tilt
he/she/it: tilts
present participle: tilting
past tense: tilted
past participle: tilted
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