tilt

Nouns

  • (n) a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances joust,
  • (n) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
    • they were involved in a violent argument
    arguing, contestation, controversy, disceptation, argument, contention, disputation,
  • (n) a slight but noticeable partiality
    • the court's tilt toward conservative rulings
  • (n) 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
    lean, list, leaning, inclination,
  • (n) pitching dangerously to one side careen, sway, rock,

Verbs

  • (v) to incline or bend from a vertical position
    • She leaned over the banister
    lean, angle, slant, tip,
  • (v) heel over
    • The tower is tilting
    • The ceiling is slanting
    cant, cant over, slant, pitch,
  • (v) move sideways or in an unsteady way
    • The ship careened out of control
    careen, wobble, shift,
  • (v) charge with a tilt

Synonyms

lean angle slant tip joust arguing contestation controversy disceptation argument contention disputation cant cant over pitch careen wobble shift list leaning inclination sway rock

See also

lean against lean on rest on bowl over knock over tip over tump over overturn turn over upset

Words of close approximity

tile till
TIA TiB tic tie tin tip tit Tiu
tick tide tidy tied tier tiff tike tile till time tine ting tink tint tiny tipi tipu tire tiro titi Tito
tilt angle tilted tilter tilth tilting board tilt-top table tiltyard