Meaning

(transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
2. (intransitive) To be at an angle.
3. (intransitive, jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.
4. (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
5. (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
6. To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
7. (pinball, of a machine) To intentionally let the ball fall down to the drain by disabling flippers and most targets, done as a punishment to the player when the machine is nudged too violently or frequently.
8. (originally poker, video games, chess, slang) To enter a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.

Example Sentences

Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.

For as the Trunk of the Body, is kept from tilting forvvard by the Muſcules of the Back: So, from falling backvvard, by theſe of the Belly.

“Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa.

Auster and Aquilon with winged Steeds / All ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens, / With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps, / And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lightening

He tilts / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.

But in this tournament can no man tilt, / Except the lady he loves best be there.

Mr. Smith strongly tilts at Mr. McCarter's use of the adjective "unprepossessing" to describe the station buildings at Moniaive and elsewhere; [...].

At Offham, in Kent, tilting at the quintain provides a climax to the day's revels.

Word Forms

• tilts
• tilting
• tilted

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When Should You Use Tilt?

Use tilt when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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