kilter
good condition; order: The engine was out of kilter.
Poker. skeet2.
Origin of kilter
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How to use kilter in a sentence
The Log Cabin game is a thing of "kilters," skip-straights, around-the-corner straights, and other complications.
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British Dictionary definitions for kilter
kelter
/ (ˈkɪltə) /
working order or alignment (esp in the phrases off kilter, out of kilter)
Origin of kilter
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with kilter
see out of kilter.
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