Tiltname

• 1

  A river in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, that joins the River Garry at Blair Atholl.

tiltverb詞源 1/tɪlt/

• 1

  To slope or incline (something); to slant.

  • Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
• 2

  To be at an angle.

  • For as the Trunk of the Body, is kept from tilting forvvard by the Muſcules of the Back: So, from falling backvvard, by theſe of the Belly.
  • “Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa.
• 3

  To charge (at someone) with a lance.

  • Auster and Aquilon with winged Steeds / All ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens, / With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps, / And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lightening
  • He tilts / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
• 4

  To point or thrust a weapon at.

  • And he should tilt her?
  • I say I quarrel’d with you; / We did not tilt each other – that’s a blessing, – / Good gods! no innocent blood upon my head!
• 5

  To point or thrust (a weapon).

  • Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
• 6

  To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.

  • to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile
• 7

  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.

• 8

  slangboard-gameschessgamesTo enter a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.

  • The D.F.S. industry is still inextricably tied up in those poker roots. Players talk about "tilting" because of "variance," especially when a "fish" puts in a "donkey" lineup that ends up going crazy. (In regular American English, this translates roughly to "I am really mad because some idiot punched in some random lineup that ended up catching every conceivable break and beating me.")
  • Even the best players can tilt which can cause their performance to drop significantly. Players often tilt when they're on a losing spree or frustrated with the game.

tiltnoun詞源 1/tɪlt/

• 1

  A slope or inclination.

• 2

  The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.

• 3

  artshobbieslifestyleThe controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.

• 4

  A jousting contest. (countable)

  • Justs and tilts were held here weekly, while the great tourneys that occurred less often were given upon a field outside the castle wall upon the floor of the valley.
• 5

  An attempt, run, or bid for something; commonly with a sense of bold defiance or against steep odds.

  • He made a tilt at public office
  • It rained all Melbourne Cup day and I was left with about forty dozen Referees. The newspaper offices would only take a limited number of returns; and I took ‘the knock,’ which was a little hard, considering it was my first serious tilt at the world.
• 6

  A thrust, as with a lance.

  • His Majesty[…]entertain'd him with the Slaughter of two or three of his Liege Subjects, whom he very dexterously put to Death with the Tilt of his Lance.
• 7

  A tilt hammer.

• 8

  A penalty triggered when a player physically shakes, lifts, or bangs a pinball machine too violently in an attempt to influence the path of the ball.

tiltnoun詞源 2/tɪlt/

• 1

  A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.

  • The tilt hooding the spring-cart was insecure - even the jolt from the down-and-up curving river bend near the house had brought it down twice.
• 2

  Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.

  • But the rain made an ass Of tilt and canvas

tiltverb詞源 2/tɪlt/

• 1

  To cover with a tilt, or awning.