tilt: signification et définitions

To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline: tilt a soup bowl; tilt a chair backward.

To aim or thrust (a lance) in a joust.

To charge (an opponent); attack.

To forge with a tilt hammer.

To slope; incline. See Synonyms at slant.

To favor one side over another in a dispute; lean: "His views tilt unmistakably to the Arab position” ( William Safire).

To fight with lances; joust.

To engage in a combat or struggle; fight: tilting at injustices.

The act of tilting or the condition of being tilted.

An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: adjusting the tilt of a writing table.

A sloping surface, as of the ground.

A tendency to favor one side in a dispute: the court's tilt toward conservative rulings.

An implicit preference; a bias: "pitilessly illuminates the inaccuracies and tilts of the press” ( Nat Hentoff).

A medieval sport in which two mounted knights with lances charged together and attempted to unhorse one another.

A thrust or blow with a lance.

A combat, especially a verbal one; a debate.

A tilt hammer.

New England See seesaw. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.

at full tilt Informal At full speed: a tank moving at full tilt.

A canopy or an awning for a boat, wagon, or cart.

To cover (a vehicle) with a canopy or an awning.