tilt

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tɪlt/ Rhymes: -ɪlt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English tilte, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan (“to be unsteady”), related to the adjective tealt (“unsteady”), from Proto-West Germanic *talt, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”), see also Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“an ambling pace”). The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with tilt "covering". The modern transitive meaning is from 1590; the intransitive use appears 1620. The sense of gaming frustration is said to originate with pinball. ==== Verb ==== tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted) (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant. [1590] (intransitive) To be at an angle. [1620] (intransitive, jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance. (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at. (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon). To forge (something) with a tilt hammer. (pinball, of a machine) To intentionally let the ball fall down to the drain by disabling flippers and most targets, done as a punishment to the player when the machine is nudged too violently or frequently. (originally poker, video games, chess, slang) To enter a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses. (figurative) To modify one's approach. ===== Synonyms ===== slope incline slant cock ===== Descendants ===== ⇒ Portuguese: tiltar ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== tilt (countable and uncountable, plural tilts) A slope or inclination. The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc. (photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this. Coordinate terms: pan, cant A jousting contest. (countable) [1510] An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office. A thrust, as with a lance. A tilt hammer. (uncountable, poker, video games, chess, slang) A state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English telte, tield, teld, from Old English teld (“tent”), from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą (“tent”). Perhaps influenced by Middle Low German telt, or Danish telt. Cognates include German Zelt (“tent”), Old Norse tjald (“tent”) (whence also archaic Danish tjæld (“tent”)). More at teld. ==== Noun ==== tilt (plural tilts) A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc. [1450] Any covering overhead; especially, a tent. ==== Verb ==== tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted) (transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning. ==== References ==== === Derived terms === === Further reading === tilt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia tilt (poker) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Litt == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɪlt/ Rhymes: -ɪlt === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English tilt. ==== Noun ==== tilt m (plural tilts, no diminutive) only used in op tilt === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tilt inflection of tillen: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative == Hungarian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtilt] Rhymes: -ilt === Verb === tilt (transitive) to forbid, prohibit (someone: -nak/-nek) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (With verbal prefixes): ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === tilt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English tilt. In the non-pinball senses, a pseudo-anglicism. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtilt/ Rhymes: -ilt Hyphenation: tìlt === Noun === tilt m (invariable) haywire state; breakdown; crash; down; out of order short-circuit (unintended current flow) tilt (pinball machine state) ==== Derived terms ==== andare in tilt essere in tilt === References === === Further reading === tilt in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana