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tilting Definition


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tilt
verb tilted, tilting
    tr & intr
    1. To slope or make something slope; to be or put in a slanting position.
      Thesaurus: incline, slant, tip, turn, set at an angle, lean, slope, shift, dip.
    intr
    2. To charge at or attack them or it.
      Form: tilt at someone (often)
      Form: tilt at something
    intr
    3. To fight on horseback with a lance; to joust.
    4. To point (a lance) or attack with (a lance) as if in a joust.
    5. To forge (steel, etc) using a tilt-hammer.
noun
    1. A slant; a sloping position or angle.
    2. An act of tilting.
    3. A joust.
    4. A thrust, charge or attack with a lance during a joust.
    5. An attack, disagreement or contest, especially a verbal one.
Derivative: tilter
noun
    Idiom: at full tilt
      At full speed or with full force.
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon tealt tottering.



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