1. To incline or bend from a vertical position
   "She tilted over the banister";
   - lean, tip, slant, angle
    
2. Heel over
   "The tower is tilting";
   - cant, cant over, slant, pitch
    
3. Move sideways or in an unsteady way
   "The ship tilted out of control";
   - careen, wobble, shift
    
4. Charge with a tilt
   "The knight tilted at his opponent"
    
5. [informal] (gaming) to become frustrated, angry, or emotionally upset to the point of impaired performance or decision-making, typically after a loss or setback
   "After losing that match, he was completely tilted and couldn't focus"

1. The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
   "the tower had a pronounced tilt";
   - list, inclination, lean, leaning
    
2. Pitching dangerously to one side
   "The ship's tilt in the storm alarmed the passengers";
   - rock, sway
    
3. A slight but noticeable partiality
   "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
    
4. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
   "they were involved in a violent tilt";
   - controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, argument, arguing
    
5. A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
   "The crowd cheered as the knights prepared for their tilt";
   - joust
    
6. [informal] (gaming) a state of emotional frustration or anger that negatively affects a player's performance
   "His tilt after the bad beat cost him the tournament"

Derived forms: tilts, tilting, tilted

See also: lean on

Type of: battle, bend, conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute, flex, joust, lurch, move, partiality, partisanship, pitch, pitching, position, spatial relation, struggle

Part of: tournament

Encyclopedia: Tilt, Matthew