tilt

¹tilt

noun \ˈtilt\

Definition of TILT

: a canopy for a wagon, boat, or stall

Origin of TILT

Middle English teld, telte tent, canopy, from Old English teld; akin to Old High German zelt tent

First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with TILT

built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt, kilt, lilt, milt, quilt, silt, stilt, wilt

²tilt

transitive verb

Definition of TILT

: to cover or provide with a tilt

First Known Use of TILT

15th century

³tilt

noun

Definition of TILT

1

a : a contest on horseback in which two combatants charging with lances or similar weapons try to unhorse each other : joust

b : a tournament of tilts

2

a : dispute, contention

b : speed —used in the phrase full tilt

3

a : the act of tilting : the state or position of being tilted

b : a sloping surface

c : slant, bias <a tilt toward military involvement>

4

: any of various contests resembling or suggesting tilting with lances

— tilt adjective

Origin of TILT

⁴tilt

First Known Use: 1507

⁴tilt

verb

Definition of TILT

transitive verb

1

: to cause to have an inclination

2

a : to point or thrust in or as if in a tilt <tilt a lance>

b : to charge against <tilt an adversary>

intransitive verb

1

a : to move or shift so as to lean or incline : slant

b : to incline, tend, or become drawn toward an opinion, course of action, or one side of a controversy

2

a : to engage in a combat with lances : joust

b : to make an impetuous attack <tilt at social evils>

— tilt·able \ˈtil-tə-bəl\ adjective

— tilt·er noun

Origin of TILT

Middle English tulten, tilten to fall over, cause to fall, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan, akin to Old English tealt unstable, tealtian to totter

First Known Use: 1594