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Tilt is defined as to tip or slope in one direction.

(verb)

An example of to tilt is to turn one's head to the side.

The definition of a tilt is a tip or a slope.

(noun)

An example of a tilt is the condition of a cup on its side.

See tilt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to cause to slope or slant; tip
1. to poise or thrust (a lance) in or as in a tilt
2. to charge at (one's opponent) in a tilt
to forge or hammer with a tilt hammer
to direct (a discussion, policy, etc.) so as to favor a particular opinion or side

Origin: ME tilten, to be overthrown, totter, prob. < OE *tieltan < tealt, shaky, unstable; akin to Swed tulta, to totter < IE base *del-, to waddle, totter > Sans dulā, she who totters

intransitive verb

to slope; incline; slant; tip
to poise or thrust one's lance, or to charge (at one's opponent) in a tilt
to take part in a tilt or joust
to dispute, argue, contend, attack, etc.
to have, or come to have, a bias or inclination in favor of a particular opinion or side in a dispute

noun

a medieval contest in which two armed horsemen thrust with lances in an attempt to unseat each other; joust
any spirited contest, contention, dispute, etc. between persons
a thrust or parry, as with a lance
1. the act of tilting, or sloping
2. the condition or angle of being tilted; slope or slant
☆ Informal a leaning, bias, etc.

Related Forms:

tilter noun

noun

a cloth covering or canopy of a boat, stall, cart, etc.

Origin: ME telte < OE teld, tent, akin to Ger zelt

transitive verb

to furnish or cover with a tilt

See tilt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb tilt·ed, tilt·ing, tilts

verb, transitive

To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline: tilt a soup bowl; tilt a chair backward.
a. To aim or thrust (a lance) in a joust.
b. To charge (an opponent); attack.
To forge with a tilt hammer.

verb, intransitive

To slope; incline. See Synonyms at slant.
To favor one side over another in a dispute; lean: “His views tilt unmistakably to the Arab position” (William Safire).
a. To fight with lances; joust.
b. To engage in a combat or struggle; fight: tilting at injustices.

noun

The act of tilting or the condition of being tilted.
a. An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: adjusting the tilt of a writing table.
b. A sloping surface, as of the ground.
a. A tendency to favor one side in a dispute: the court's tilt toward conservative rulings.
b. An implicit preference; a bias: “pitilessly illuminates the inaccuracies and tilts of the press” (Nat Hentoff).
a. A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.
b. A thrust or blow with a lance.
A combat, especially a verbal one; a debate.
A tilt hammer.
New England See seesaw. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.