TILT

Definition:

1. [noun] a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
   Synonyms: joust
   
   
2. [noun] a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
   Synonyms: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, argument, arguing
   
   
3. [noun] a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
   
   
4. [noun] the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
   Synonyms: list, inclination, lean, leaning
   
   
5. [noun] pitching dangerously to one side
   Synonyms: rock, careen, sway
   
   
6. [verb] to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"
   Synonyms: lean, tip, slant, angle
   
   
7. [verb] heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
   Synonyms: cant, cant over, slant, pitch
   
   
8. [verb] move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"
   Synonyms: careen, wobble, shift
   
   
9. [verb] charge with a tilt
   
   

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Related Words:

• slope, incline, pitch
• weather
• list, heel
• lean back, recline
• cock
• argy-bargy, argle-bargle
• firestorm
• sparring
• polemic
• fight

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