Tilt

Verb

 * 1) to slope or incline (something); to slant
 * 2) (jousting) to charge (at someone) with a lance
 * 3)  to point or thrust a weapon at
 * 4) *1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act V, Scene V, verses 52-54
 * I say I quarrell’d with you ;
 * We did not tilt each other, — that’s a blessing, —
 * Good gods ! no innocent blood upon my head !
 * 1) to forge (something) with a tilt hammer
 * 2)  to play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck)
 * 3)  to move a camera vertically in a controlled way

Synonyms

 * slope
 * incline
 * slant

Noun

 * 1) a slope or inclination
 * 2) a joust
 * 3)  the controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this

Derived terms

 * at full tilt
 * atilt
 * on tilt

Noun

 * 1) a canvas covering for carts etc.

Adverbs for Tilt
awkwardly; negligently; jauntily; nonchalantly; precariously.

Thesaurus
Olympic games, Olympics, a outrance, altercation, angle, angularity, argument, ascend, attack, bandy with, bank, battle, battle it out, bout, bowl, box, brawl, broil, bump heads, cant, capsize, careen, cast, catapult, charge, chuck, chunk, clash, climb, close, collide, combat, come a cropper, come to blows, compete with, concours, contend, contend with, contest, cope with, cross swords with, cut and thrust, dart, dash, dash at, decline, derby, descend, difference, dip, dispute, drop, duel, encounter, engage with, engagement, exchange blows, exchange shots, fall, fall away, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall off, fall over, fall prostrate, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, fight like devils, fight with, fire, fling, flip, flounder, fly at, fork, game, games, get a cropper, give and take, give satisfaction, go, go downhill, go to loggerheads, go uphill, grade, gradient, grapple, grapple with, gymkhana, have it out, heave, heel, hurl, hurtle, inclination, incline, jerk, jostle, joust, jump off, keel, lance, launch, lean, leaning, leaning tower, let fly, list, lob, lock horns, lurch, match, matching, measure swords with, meet, meeting, mix it up, pass, peg, pelt, pitch, pitchfork, put, put the shot, quarrel, rake, rally, rassle, recline, rencontre, retreat, riot, rise, run a tilt, run at, rush, rush at, scramble, scuffle, serve, set-to, settle it, shelve, shy, sidle, skirmish, slant, sling, slope, snap, spar, spat, sprawl, spread-eagle, squabble, stagger, strive, strive with, struggle, struggle with, stumble, swag, sway, take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall, take a spill, tangle with, test, throw, thrust and parry, tiff, tilt at, tilt with, tilter, tilting, tip, topple, topple down, topple over, toss, totter, tournament, tourney, tower of Pisa, trial, trip, try conclusions with, tumble, turn turtle, tussle, uprise, wage war, war, wrestle, wrestle with, yaw

Etymology 1
Middle English tilte. Cognate with Icelandic tölt:.

Etymology 2
From telt:, from  teld:, influenced by  telt: ( <  telt:), or directly from Middle Low German. Cognates include German Zelt:, Old Norse tjald: ( > archaic Danish tjæld:). More at.

Verb

 * Catalan: inclinar


 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1) forbid, prohibit

Derived terms

 * megtilt
 * kitilt

Related terms

 * tilos
 * tiltás
 * tiltott