n.
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English tulten, tilten to fall over, cause to fall, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan, akin to Old English tealt unstable, tealtian to totter
Date: 1594
transitive verb
1 : to cause to have an inclination
2 a : to point or thrust in or as if in a tilt < tilt a lance> b : to charge against < tilt an adversary>
intransitive verb
1 a : to move or shift so as to lean or incline : SLANT b : to incline, tend, or become drawn toward an opinion, course of action, or one side of a controversy
2 a : to engage in a combat with lances : JOUST b : to make an impetuous attack < tilt at social evils>
– tilt · able \ ' til-t ə -b ə l \ adjective
– tilt · er noun