tilt

  1. Verb.  to slope or incline (something); to slant.
  2. Verb.  (''jousting'') to charge (at someone) with a lance.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) to point or thrust a weapon at.
  4. Verb.  to forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
  5. Verb.  (poker) to play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck).
  6. Verb.  (photography) to move a camera vertically in a controlled way.
  7. Noun.  a slope or inclination (uncountable) .
  8. Noun.  a joust (countable) .
  9. Noun.  (photography) the controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
  10. Noun.  an attempt at something, such as a ''tilt at public office''.
  11. Noun.  a canvas covering for carts etc.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.