Tilt-A-Whirl
English
noun
Definitions
- A spinning-platform amusement ride that exposes its riders to unpredictable combinations of tilting, spinning and horizontal movement.
- (by extension) Any fast-paced, unpredictable and disorienting experience.
Etymology
Compound from English tilt (tent fabric and covering) + English a (on, in, without, not, at, preposition, change to, or of, in such a manner, towards, in such a state, in the act of, in the direction of, in such a state condition, of, to, for)+ English whirl.
Origin
English
whirl
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- a English
- a-tilt English
- abecedism English
- alee English
- antitilt English
- apiece English
- atilt English
- awhirl English
- bug-a-boo English
- fire whirl English
- ne'er a English
- no English
- outwhirl English
- overtilt English
- pretilt English
- puss in a bag English
- rackarock English
- retilt English
- tilt English
- tiltability English
- tiltable English
- tilter English
- tiltest English
- tilteth English
- tiltmeter English
- tiltrotor English
- tiltwing English
- tilty English
- uptilt English
- upwhirl English
- whirl English
- whirlabout English
- whirlblast English
- whirler English
- whirleth English
- whirlin English
- whirlpit English
- whirlpool English
- whirlsome English
- whirlwind English
- whirly English
- workaday English
- tiltata Finnish
- tilt Italian
- tilte Middle English
- whirlen Middle English
- เอ Thai
- a
- no
- alee
- tilt
- atilt
- tilty
- whirl
- awhirl
- tilter
- uptilt
- a-tilt
- retilt
- whirly
- apiece
- tilteth
- tiltest
- pretilt
- whirlin
- upwhirl
- whirler
- ne'er a
- whirlpit
- overtilt
- tiltable
- whirleth
- tiltwing
- workaday
- outwhirl
- antitilt
- bug-a-boo
- whirlpool
- whirlwind
- tiltrotor
- rackarock
- whirlsome
- abecedism
- tiltmeter
- whirlabout
- fire whirl
- whirlblast
- tiltability
- puss in a bag