Tilt word meaning and definition

[noun] pitching dangerously to one side
[noun] the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
[noun] a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
[noun] a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
[noun] a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
[verb] charge with a tilt, as in a joust
[verb] heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
[verb] move sideways or in an unsteady way, as of a ship or a vehicle out of control
[verb] to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

\Tilt\, n. [OE. telt (perhaps from the Danish), teld, AS. teld, geteld; akin to OD. telde, G. zelt, Icel. tjald, Sw. t["a]lt, tj["a]ll, Dan. telt, and ASThe beteldan to cover.] 1. A covering overhead; especially, a tent. --Denham. 2. The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon. 3. (Naut.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the sternsheets of a boat. {Tilt boat} (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth. {Tilt roof} (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.
\Tilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tilted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tilting}.] To cover with a tilt, or awning.
\Tilt\, v. t. [OE. tilten, tulten, to totter, fall, AS. tealt unstable, precarious; akin to tealtrian to totter, to vacillate, D. tel amble, ambling pace, G. zelt, Icel. t["o]lt an ambling pace, t["o]lta to amble. Cf. {Totter}.] 1. To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel. 2. To point or thrust, as a lance. Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance. --J. Philips. 3. To point or thrust a weapon at. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 4. To hammer or forge with a tilt hammer; as, to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile.
\Tilt\, v. i. 1. To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances. He tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast. --Shak. Swords out, and tilting one at other's breast. --Shak. But in this tournament can no man tilt. --Tennyson. The fleet, swift tilting, o'er the ?urges flew. --Pope. 2. To lean; to fall partly over; to tip. The trunk of the body is kept from tilting forward by the muscles of the back. --Grew.
\Tilt\, n. 1. A thrust, as with a lance. --Addison. 2. A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament. 3. See {Tilt hammer}, in the Vocabulary. 4. Inclination forward; as, the tilt of a cask. {Full tilt}, with full force. --Dampier.

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