tilt
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪlt
Etymology 1[edit]
Old English tyltan "to be unsteady"; Middle English tilte. Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“an ambling place”). 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.
Verb[edit]
tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)
- (transitive) to slope or incline (something); to slant [1590]
- (jousting) to charge (at someone) with a lance [1590]
- (intransitive) to be at an angle [1620]
- 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, The Onion AV Club:
- “Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa.
- 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, The Onion AV Club:
- (transitive) to point or thrust a weapon at
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act V, Scene V, verses 52-54
- I say I quarrell’d with you ;
- We did not tilt each other, — that’s a blessing, —
- Good gods ! no innocent blood upon my head !
- 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act V, Scene V, verses 52-54
- to forge (something) with a tilt hammer
- (poker) to play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck)
- (photography) to move a camera vertically in a controlled way
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Noun[edit]
tilt (plural tilts)
- a slope or inclination (uncountable)
- a joust (countable) [1510]
- (photography) the controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this
- an attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
- 2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, BBC Sport:
- City will now make the Premier League an even bigger priority, while regrouping and planning again for what they hope will be another tilt at the Champions League next season.
- 2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, BBC Sport:
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English telt, from Old English teld (“tent”), influenced by Danish telt [1](, from Middle Low German telt), or directly from Middle Low German[2]. Cognates include German Zelt (“tent”), Old Norse tjald (“tent”) ( > archaic Danish tjæld (“tent”)). More at teld.
Noun[edit]
tilt (plural tilts)
- a canvas covering for carts etc. [1450]
Verb[edit]
tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)
- (transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.
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References[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪlt
Verb[edit]
tilt
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of tillen
- plural imperative of tillen
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ˈtilt/
Verb[edit]
tilt
Conjugation[edit]
| Infinitive | tiltani | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past participle | tiltott | |||||||
| Present participle | tiltó | |||||||
| Future participle | tiltandó | |||||||
| Adverbial participle | tiltva | |||||||
| Potential | tilthat | |||||||
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal |
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| Indicative Mood | Present | Indefinite | tiltok | tiltasz | tilt | tiltunk | tiltotok | tiltanak |
| Definite | tiltom én téged/titeket tiltalak |
tiltod | tiltja | tiltjuk | tiltjátok | tiltják | ||
| Past | Indefinite | tiltottam | tiltottál | tiltott | tiltottunk | tiltottatok | tiltottak | |
| Definite | tiltottam én téged/titeket tiltottalak |
tiltottad | tiltotta | tiltottuk | tiltottátok | tiltották | ||
| Conditional Mood | Present | Indefinite | tiltanék | tiltanál | tiltana | tiltanánk | tiltanátok | tiltanának |
| Definite | tiltanám én téged/titeket tiltanálak |
tiltanád | tiltaná | tiltanánk | tiltanátok | tiltanák | ||
| Subjunctive Mood | Present | Indefinite | tiltsak | tilts or tiltsál |
tiltson | tiltsunk | tiltsatok | tiltsanak |
| Definite | tiltsam én téged/titeket tiltsalak |
tiltsd or tiltsad |
tiltsa | tiltsuk | tiltsátok | tiltsák | ||
| Conjugated Infinitive | tiltanom | tiltanod | tiltania | tiltanunk | tiltanotok | tiltaniuk | ||