tilt

CEFRB2

/tɪlt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move or cause something to move from a level position.

  2. 02

    noun

    A position in which something is not level.

Examples

  • I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight?

  • In helicopters, the cyclic controls the tilt of the main rotor, producing pitch and roll.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To be at an angle.

  2. To charge (at someone) with a lance.

  3. To slope or incline (something); to slant.

More examples

In context

  • Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.

  • to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile

  • to go on tilt

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English tilte, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan (“to be unsteady”), related to the adjective tealt (“unsteady”), from Proto-West Germanic *talt, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”), see also Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“an ambling pace”). 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. The sense of gaming frustration is said to originate with pinball.