What does tilting mean?
Tilting means present participle and gerund of tilt.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of tilt.
[…] when they grew up to adolescent muttonhood, it required all the prowess and interference of the papa sheep to prevent them from breaking each other's skulls by their constant tiltings and buttings.
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Tilting means present participle and gerund of tilt.
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[…] when they grew up to adolescent muttonhood, it required all the prowess and interference of the papa sheep to prevent them from breaking each other's skulls by their constant tiltings and buttings.
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