tilt

(tĭlt)

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

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

1. The act of tilting or the condition of being tilted.
2. 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.
3. 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).
4. 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.
5. A combat, especially a verbal one; a debate.
6. A tilt hammer.
7. New England See seesaw. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.

Related Forms:

• tiltˈer noun

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