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- [tilt]
- /tɪlt/
- /tɪlt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tilt]
- /tɪlt/
Definitions of tilt word
- verb with object tilt to furnish with a tilt. 1
- verb without object tilt to move into or assume a sloping position or direction. 1
- verb without object tilt to strike, thrust, or charge with a lance or the like (usually followed by at). 1
- verb without object tilt to engage in a joust, tournament, or similar contest. 1
- verb without object tilt (of a camera) to move on its vertical axis: The camera tilts downward for an overhead shot. 1
- verb without object tilt to incline in opinion, feeling, etc.; lean: She's tilting toward the other candidate this year. 1
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Origin of tilt
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English tylten to upset, tumble < Scandinavian; compare dialectal Norwegian tylta to tiptoe, tylten unsteady; akin to Old English tealt unsteady, tealtian to totter, amble, Middle Dutch touteren to sway
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Parts of speech for Tilt
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tilt popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tilt usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tilt
verb tilt
- altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- be off — leave
- beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
noun tilt
- bend — When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- bent — Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
- bevel — a surface that meets another at an angle other than a right angle
- bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
- bivouac — A bivouac is a temporary camp made by soldiers or mountain climbers.
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