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• tilt with — archaic engage in a contest with. → tilt …   English new terms dictionary

• Tilt — Tilt, n. 1. A thrust, as with a lance. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament. [1913 Webster] 3. See {Tilt hammer}, in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster] 4.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tilt — I. /tɪlt / (say tilt) verb (t) 1. to cause to lean, incline, slope or slant. 2. to rush at or charge, as in a joust. 3. to hold poised for attack, as a lance. –verb (i) 4. to move into or assume a sloping position or direction. 5. to engage in a… …  

• tilt — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• tilt — verb 1》 move into a sloping position.     ↘move (a camera) in a vertical plane. 2》 (tilt at) historical (in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon.     ↘(tilt with) archaic engage in a contest with. noun 1》 a tilting position or… …   English new terms dictionary

• Tilt — This unusual medieval surname is almost certainly occupational. It is a dialectally transposed variant spelling of the 12th century English Tyleman , a maker or fitter of tiles. Oddly the original Olde English meaning was an agricultural… …   Surnames reference

• Tilt up — or tilt slab is a type of building, and a construction technique using concrete. The process resembles barn raising specifically and wood platform framing generally. It is cost effective for low buildings.cite journal | last=Glass | first=J. |… …   Wikipedia

• Tilt (poker) — Tilt is a poker term for a state of mental or emotional confusion or frustration in which a player adopts a less than optimal strategy, usually resulting in the player becoming over aggressive. This term is closely associated with steam and some… …   Wikipedia

• Tilt-shift photography — refers to the use of camera movements on small and medium format cameras, often tilting the lens relative to the image plane to achieve a very shallow depth of field. The technique relies on the Scheimpflug principle and usually requires the use… …   Wikipedia

• Tilt-A-Whirl — is one of the best known flat rides, designed for commercial use at amusement parks, fairs and carnivals in which it is commonly found [ [http://www.whirlin.com/tiltawhirl.html Rides for Amusement Parks, Carnivals, and Fairs Made in the USA ] ] …   Wikipedia

• tilt — tilt1 [tilt] vt. [ME tilten, to be overthrown, totter, prob. < OE * tieltan < tealt, shaky, unstable; akin to Swed tulta, to totter < IE base * del , to waddle, totter > Sans dulā, she who totters] 1. to cause to slope or slant; tip 2 …   English World dictionary