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| tilt [ tilt ] |
verb (past and past participle tilt·ed, present participle tilt·ing, 3rd person present singular tilts) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb slope: to slant, or cause something to slant
  She tilted her head as she listened.
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2. intransitive verb have as preference: to tend toward favoring a particular opinion, course of action, or side in a dispute
a political party that tilted toward peace not war
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3. intransitive verb criticize: to make a spoken or written attack on somebody or something
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4. intransitive verb struggle: to combat or struggle against somebody or something
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5. transitive and intransitive verb history charge with lance: to attack an opponent using a lance
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6. intransitive verb history joust with somebody: to take part in a joust against somebody
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7. intransitive verb history point lance: to hold a lance ready for combat in a joust
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8. transitive verb engineering use tilt hammer on something: to work on something using a tilt hammer
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noun (plural tilts) |
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1. act of tilting: an act of tilting or of causing something to tilt
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2. inclined surface: a slanted surface or position
His hat was at a rakish tilt.
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3. criticism: a spoken or written attack on somebody or something
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4. U.S. preference: a tendency to favor a particular opinion, course of action, or side in a dispute
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5. history activity of joust: a jousting contest
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6. history lance thrust: a thrust made with a lance in a jousting contest
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7. engineering
Same as tilt hammer
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| [14th century. Probably < assumed Old English tyltan "fall over" < Germanic, "unsteady"] |
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| tilt·er noun |
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(at) full tilt at full speed
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