tilt

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Etymology 1

Old English tyltan "to be unsteady"; Middle English tilte. Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“an ambling place”). The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with tilt "covering". The modern transitive meaning is from 1590, the intransitive use appears 1620.

Verb

tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)

1. (transitive) to slope or incline (something); to slant [1590]
2. (jousting) to charge (at someone) with a lance [1590]
3. (intransitive) to be at an angle [1620]
   • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, The Onion AV Club:

     “Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa.

4. (transitive) to point or thrust a weapon at
   • 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 !

5. to forge (something) with a tilt hammer
6. (poker) to play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck)
7. (photography) to move a camera vertically in a controlled way

Synonyms

• slope
• incline
• slant

Coordinate terms

• (photography): pan, cant

Translations

to slope or incline (something); to slant

• Catalan: inclinar (ca)
• Russian: наклонять (ru) (naklonjatʹ)

• Spanish: ladear (es), ladearse (es)
• Swedish: luta (sv)

Noun

tilt (plural tilts)

1. a slope or inclination (uncountable)
2. a joust (countable) [1510]
3. (photography) the controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this
4. an attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
   • 2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, BBC Sport:

     City will now make the Premier League an even bigger priority, while regrouping and planning again for what they hope will be another tilt at the Champions League next season.

Etymology 2

From Middle English telt, from Old English teld (“tent”), influenced by Danish telt (, from Middle Low German telt), or directly from Middle Low German. Cognates include German Zelt (“tent”), Old Norse tjald (“tent”) ( > archaic Danish tjæld (“tent”)). More at teld.

Noun

tilt (plural tilts)

1. a canvas covering for carts etc. [1450]

Derived terms

• at full tilt
• atilt
• on tilt

References

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Verb

tilt

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of tillen
2. plural imperative of tillen

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtilt/

Verb

tilt

1. forbid, prohibit

Conjugation

conjugation of tilt

Infinitive			tiltani
Past participle			tiltott
Present participle			tiltó
Future participle			tiltandó
Adverbial participle			tiltva
Potential			tilthat
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative Mood	Present	Indefinite	tiltok	tiltasz	tilt	tiltunk	tiltotok	tiltanak
		Definite	tiltom én téged/titeket tiltalak	tiltod	tiltja	tiltjuk	tiltjátok	tiltják
	Past	Indefinite	tiltottam	tiltottál	tiltott	tiltottunk	tiltottatok	tiltottak
		Definite	tiltottam én téged/titeket tiltottalak	tiltottad	tiltotta	tiltottuk	tiltottátok	tiltották
Conditional Mood	Present	Indefinite	tiltanék	tiltanál	tiltana	tiltanánk	tiltanátok	tiltanának
		Definite	tiltanám én téged/titeket tiltanálak	tiltanád	tiltaná	tiltanánk	tiltanátok	tiltanák
Subjunctive Mood	Present	Indefinite	tiltsak	tilts or tiltsál	tiltson	tiltsunk	tiltsatok	tiltsanak
		Definite	tiltsam én téged/titeket tiltsalak	tiltsd or tiltsad	tiltsa	tiltsuk	tiltsátok	tiltsák
Conjugated Infinitive			tiltanom	tiltanod	tiltania	tiltanunk	tiltanotok	tiltaniuk

Derived terms

• megtilt
• kitilt

Related terms

• tilos
• tiltás
• tiltott