n.
Function: noun
Etymology: 4 tilt
Date: 1507
1 a : a contest on horseback in which two combatants charging with lances or similar weapons try to unhorse each other : JOUST b : a tournament of tilts
2 a : DISPUTE , CONTENTION b : SPEED ― used in the phrase full tilt
3 a : the act of tilting : the state or position of being tilted b : a sloping surface c : SLANT , BIAS <a tilt toward military involvement>
4 : any of various contests resembling or suggesting tilting with lances
– tilt adjective