Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

tilt Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
tilt
noun(tilt)
a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
Synonyms: joust,
tilt
verb(tilt)
move sideways or in an unsteady way
Synonyms: careen, shift, wobble,
tilt
noun(tilt)
pitching dangerously to one side
Synonyms: careen, rock, sway,
tilt
verb(tilt)
heel over
Synonyms: cant, cant over, pitch, slant,
Examples:
The tower is tilting.
tilt
noun(tilt)
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation,
tilt
noun(tilt)
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
Synonyms: inclination, lean, leaning, list,
Examples:
The tower had a pronounced tilt.
tilt
verb(tilt)
to incline or bend from a vertical position
Synonyms: angle, lean, slant, tip,
tilt
noun(tilt)
a slight but noticeable partiality
Examples:
The court's tilt toward conservative rulings.
tilt
verb(tilt)
charge with a tilt

Words Related to tilt!

leaning, shift, angle, wobble, joust, careen, slant, sway, lean, tip, inclination, pitch, contention, argument, rock, contestation, arguing, cant, controversy, list, cant over, swing, rotate, slanted, incline, turn, tipping, awhirl, bias, camber, toppling, orientation, lift, lifting, folding, recline, slope, gradient, heel, angled, bow, preference, inclined, elevation, tendency, rake, changeover, heeling, boogie, vertically, vertical, steepness, fold, upset, hue, riser, tend, kneeling, defer, sub, overhead, willingness, penchant, hanger, magnitude, prone, stature, portrait, swivel, rearward, obliquity, uptilt, tilt hammer, canted, matchup, cockbill, flip, circumnutate, reclination, circumvolution, cheval glass, circumflexion, magnetic dip, pivoting, showdown, pendulum, geniculation, coelostat, devexity, pivot, recurvation, circumvolute, contrarotation, discubitory, entwist, incurvate, rematch, drift, clinometric, favoring,

tilt Examples by Brain Bank Users