tilt

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 References 2 Hungarian 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.2.2 Related terms

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlt

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English tilte. Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“‘an ambling place’”).

[edit] Verb

to tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)

1. to slope or incline (something); to slant
2. (jousting) to charge (at someone) with a lance
3. to forge (something) with a tilt hammer
4. (poker) to play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck)

[edit] Synonyms

• slope
• incline
• slant

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

tilt (plural tilts)

1. a slope or inclination (uncountable)
2. a joust (countable)

[edit] Derived terms

• at full tilt
• atilt
• on tilt

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English teld, either from Danish telt ^[1]( < Middle Low German telt), or directly from Middle Low German^[2]. Cognates include German Zelt (“‘tent’”), Old Norse tjald (“‘tent’”) ( > archaic Danish tjæld (“‘tent’”)).

[edit] Noun

tilt (plural tilts)

1. a canvas covering for carts etc.

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ tilt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
2. ^ Etymology in ODS

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtilt/

[edit] Verb

tilt

1. forbid, prohibit

[edit] Derived terms

• megtilt
• kitilt

[edit] Related terms

• tilos
• tiltás
• tiltott