tilt

English

/tɪlt/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
  • (jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.
  • (intransitive) To be at an angle.
  • (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
  • (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
  • To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
  • (poker) To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
  • (pinball) 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English tilte inherited from Old English tyltan (be unsteady).

Origin

Old English

tyltan

Gloss

be unsteady

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