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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.
2. To charge at or attack them or it.
- Form: tilt at someone (often)
- Form: tilt at something
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.
- 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.
noun
- At full speed or with full force.
