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