tilt
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[[t]tɪlt[/t]]
v. t.
1) to cause to lean, incline, or slant
2) to rush at or charge, as in a joust
3) to hold poised for attack, as a lance
4) to assume a sloping position or direction
5) to strike, thrust, or charge with a lance or the like (usu. fol. by at)
6) to engage in a joust, tournament, or similar contest
7) cvb to incline in opinion, feeling, etc.; lean
8) an act or instance of tilting
9) a sloping position
10) an incline or slope
11) a joust or similar contest
12) a dispute; controversy
13) a thrust of a weapon, as at a joust
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Etymology:
1300–50; ME: to upset, tumble
tilt′a•ble, adj.
tilt′er, n.
II
tilt
[[t]tɪlt[/t]]
n.
1) a cover of coarse cloth, canvas, etc., as for a wagon
2) an awning
3) to furnish with a tilt
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Etymology:
1400–50; late ME, alter. of tild, OE teld, c. OHG zelt tent, ON tjald tent, curtain
From formal English to slang.
2014.
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