Kilter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɪltə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kilter is a noun meaning (card games, chiefly poker) A hand of playing cards which is useless.
Meaning
(card games, chiefly poker) A hand of playing cards which is useless.
More Meanings
- (chiefly in the negative) Chiefly in out of kilter: (good) condition, form, or order; fettle.
Example Sentences
not in kilter
[H]e lived on tinned tomatoes, beef embalmed and sourdough bread, / On rusty beans and bacon furred with mould; / His stomach’s out of kilter and his system full of lead, / But it's over, and his poke is full of gold.
[T]hey are either round-shouldered, knock-kneed, bow-legged, or parrot-toed; some are also badly cross-eyed. It seems as if they can see two different ways at the same time. Jack says they are lop-sided and out of kilter altogether.
Word Forms
- kilters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include balance, kind, inbend, eclectick, arrangement, manner.
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