tilt at
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause to lean, incline, slope, or slant.
2.
to rush at or charge, as in a joust.
3.
to hold poised for attack, as a lance.
4.
to move (a camera) up or down on its vertical axis for photographing or televising a moving character, object, or the like.
verb (used without object)
5.
to move into or assume a sloping position or direction.
6.
to strike, thrust, or charge with a lance or the like (usually followed by at ).
7.
to engage in a joust, tournament, or similar contest.
8.
(of a camera) to move on its vertical axis: The camera tilts downward for an overhead shot.
9.
to incline in opinion, feeling, etc.; lean: She's tilting toward the other candidate this year.
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noun
Idioms 10.
an act or instance of tilting.
11.
the state of being tilted; a sloping position.
12.
a slope.
13.
a joust or any other contest.
14.
a dispute; controversy.
17.
(at) full tilt. full tilt.
18.
tilt at windmills, to contend against imaginary opponents or injustices. Also, fight with windmills.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English tylten to upset, tumble < Scandinavian; compare dialectal Norwegian tylta to tiptoe, tylten unsteady; akin to Old English tealt unsteady, tealtian to totter, amble, Middle Dutch touteren to sway
1300–50; Middle English tylten to upset, tumble < Scandinavian; compare dialectal Norwegian tylta to tiptoe, tylten unsteady; akin to Old English tealt unsteady, tealtian to totter, amble, Middle Dutch touteren to sway
Related forms
tilt·a·ble, adjective
tilt·er, noun
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tilt1 (tɪlt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to incline or cause to incline at an angle |
| 2. | (usually intr) to attack or overthrow (a person or people) in a tilt or joust |
| 3. | to aim or thrust: to tilt a lance |
| 4. | (tr) to work or forge with a tilt hammer |
| —n | |
| 5. | a slope or angle: at a tilt |
| 6. | the act of tilting |
| 7. | esp in medieval Europe |
| a. a jousting contest | |
| b. a thrust with a lance or pole delivered during a tournament | |
| 8. | an attempt to win a contest |
| 9. | See tilt hammer |
| 10. | full tilt, at full tilt at full speed or force |
| [Old English tealtian; related to Dutch touteren to totter, Norwegian tylta to tiptoe, tylten unsteady] | |
| 'tilter1 | |
| —n | |
| tilt2 (tɪlt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an awning or canopy, usually of canvas, for a boat, booth, etc |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to cover or provide with a tilt |
| [Old English teld; related to Old High German zelt tent, Old Norse tjald tent] | |
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Word Origin & History
tilt
O.E. *tyltan "to be unsteady," from tealt "unsteady," from P.Gmc. *taltaz (cf. O.N. tyllast "to trip," Swed. tulta "to waddle," Norw. tylta "to walk on tip-toe," M.Du. touteren "to swing"). Meaning "to cause to lean, tip, slope" (1594) is from sense of "push or fall over." Intrans. sense first recorded
1626. Meaning "condition of being tilted" is recorded from 1837.
tilt
"a joust, a combat," 1511, perhaps from tilt (v.) on the notion of "to lean" into an attack, but the word originally seems to have been the name of the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with tilt in an earlier meaning "covering of coarse cloth,
an awning" (c.1440), which is probably from tilt (v.), but perhaps related to or influenced by tent, or it may be from a Gmc. source akin to O.E. beteldan "to cover." The verb is recorded from 1595. Hence, also full tilt (c.1600).
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