Jump to content

tilt

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

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”).[1] 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

[edit]

tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)

  1. (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant. [1590]
    Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
  2. (intransitive) To be at an angle. [1620]
    • 1701, Nehemiah Grew, “Of the Use of Organized Bodies”, in Cosmologia Sacra: Or A Discourse of the Universe as It is the Creature and Kingdom of God. […], London: […] W[illiam] Rogers, S[amuel] Smith, and B[enjamin] Walford: […], →OCLC, 1st book, paragraph 18, page 27:
      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.
    • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1]:
      “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. (intransitive, jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
      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
    • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
      He tilts / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast.
    • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 26:
      But in this tournament can no man tilt, / Except the lady he loves best be there.
    • 1944 May and June, “Notes and News: Moniaive Branch Locomotive Power”, in Railway Magazine, page 182:
      Mr. Smith strongly tilts at Mr. McCarter's use of the adjective "unprepossessing" to describe the station buildings at Moniaive and elsewhere; [...].
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 263:
      At Offham, in Kent, tilting at the quintain provides a climax to the day's revels.
  4. (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
  5. (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
    • 1708, John Philips, Cyder:
      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. (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.
  8. (originally poker, video games, chess, slang) To enter a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
    • 2016 January 6, Jay Caspian Kang, “How the Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans Into Suckers”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-28:
      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.")
    • 2022 September 2, Gökhan Çakır, Harrison Thomas, “How to get better at VALORANT”, in Dot Esports‎[3], archived from the original on 2023-03-15:
      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.
    • 2023 April 19, Ben Tippett, “Haymakers Are Flying At The World Chess Championship”, in Defector‎[4], archived from the original on 2023-06-05:
      This was yet another surprising momentum swing, with Nepomniachtchi seemingly having addressed his tendency to tilt after a loss, and with Ding crashing back down to Earth after having squared the ledger in the previous game. Is this a new Nepomniachtchi, capable of digging deep and avenging losses?
  9. (figurative) To modify one's approach.
    • 2019 December 26, Liz Alderman, “Self-Checkout in France Sets Off Battle Over a Day of Rest”, in The New York Times‎[5]:
      While self-checkout machines are often used alongside cashiers, labor unions say that tilting toward fully cashierless operations threatens the French way of life by encouraging American-style consumerism and automation, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
Synonyms
[edit]
Translations
[edit]

Noun

[edit]

tilt (countable and uncountable, plural tilts)

  1. A slope or inclination.
  2. The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
  3. (photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
    Coordinate terms: pan, cant
  4. A jousting contest. (countable) [1510]
    • 1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 11, in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, page 139:
      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 at something, such as a tilt at public office.
    • 2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport‎[6]:
      City will now make the Premier League an even bigger priority, while regrouping and planning again for what they hope will be another tilt at the Champions League next season.
  6. A thrust, as with a lance.
    • 1716 December 9 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 10. Wednesday, November 28. [1716.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
      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. (uncountable, poker, video games, chess, slang) A state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
    to go on tilt
    • 2014 September 10, Amit Varma, “Magnus Carlsen's weakness”, in The Economic Times‎[7], Mumbai: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-09-19:
      In his landmark book, The Mental Game of Poker, sports psychologist Jared Tendler defines "tilt" as "anger + bad play". In short, you lose your mental equilibrium and start playing below your best, often making big mistakes. Tilt is caused by many different factors and Tendler defines seven types of tilt.
    • 2016 February 26, Philip Kollar, “What is 'tilt' in League of Legends, and how can you avoid it?”, in Polygon‎[8], archived from the original on 2023-04-01:
      In his follow-up video below, ScrapComputer goes into a long list of suggestions for stopping and avoiding tilt while you play League of Legends.
    • 2019 October 15, Hawken Miller, “How to quickly climb the League of Legends ranked ladder”, in The Washington Post‎[9], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 July 2023:
      Doing the same thing and expecting a different result can drive you insane, especially League of Legends. As you keep losing, you become tilted and get frustrated. No matter how mechanically gifted you are, it can't help ameliorate tilt.
    • 2022 March 16, “Online poker: from beginner to pro”, in Times of Malta‎[10], archived from the original on 2022-04-21:
      As long as you know that being consistent and sticking to a strategy in the long run, will win you money, you can avoid tilt and negative emotions.
Derived terms
[edit]
Translations
[edit]
inclination of part of the body

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “193-94”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 193-94

Etymology 2

[edit]

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,[1] or Danish telt.[2] Cognates include German Zelt (“tent”), Old Norse tjald (“tent”) (whence also archaic Danish tjæld (“tent”)). More at teld.

Noun

[edit]

tilt (plural tilts)

  1. A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc. [1450]
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 253:
      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.
    • a. 1669, John Denham, To Sir John Mennis, being invited from Calais to Boulogne, to eat a Pig:
      But the rain made an ass
      Of tilt and canvas

Verb

[edit]

tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Etymology in ODS
  2. ^ “tilt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Derived terms

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]

Dutch

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

Borrowed from English tilt.

Noun

[edit]

tilt m (plural tilts)

  1. Only used in op tilt

Etymology 2

[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

[edit]

tilt

  1. inflection of tillen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Hungarian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

tilt

  1. (transitive) to forbid, prohibit (someone: -nak/-nek)

Conjugation

[edit]
Conjugation of tilt
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. tiltok tiltasz tilt tiltunk tiltotok tiltanak
def. tiltom tiltod tiltja tiltjuk tiltjátok tiltják
2nd obj tiltalak
past indef. tiltottam tiltottál tiltott tiltottunk tiltottatok tiltottak
def. tiltottam tiltottad tiltotta tiltottuk tiltottátok tiltották
2nd obj tiltottalak
future
Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. tiltani fog.
archaic
preterite 		indef. tilték tiltál tilta tiltánk tiltátok tiltának
def. tiltám tiltád tiltá tiltánk tiltátok tilták
2nd obj tiltálak
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tilt vala, tiltott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. tiltandok tiltandasz tiltand tiltandunk tiltandotok tiltandanak
def. tiltandom tiltandod tiltandja tiltandjuk tiltandjátok tiltandják
2nd obj tiltandalak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. tiltanék tiltanál tiltana tiltanánk tiltanátok tiltanának
def. tiltanám tiltanád tiltaná tiltanánk
(or tiltanók) 		tiltanátok tiltanák
2nd obj tiltanálak
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tiltott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. tiltsak tilts or
tiltsál 		tiltson tiltsunk tiltsatok tiltsanak
def. tiltsam tiltsd or
tiltsad 		tiltsa tiltsuk tiltsátok tiltsák
2nd obj tiltsalak
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tiltott légyen
infinitive tiltani tiltanom tiltanod tiltania tiltanunk tiltanotok tiltaniuk
other
forms 		verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
tiltás tiltó tiltott tiltandó tiltva (tiltván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
Potential conjugation of tilt
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. tilthatok tilthatsz tilthat tilthatunk tilthattok tilthatnak
def. tilthatom tilthatod tilthatja tilthatjuk tilthatjátok tilthatják
2nd obj tilthatlak
past indef. tilthattam tilthattál tilthatott tilthattunk tilthattatok tilthattak
def. tilthattam tilthattad tilthatta tilthattuk tilthattátok tilthatták
2nd obj tilthattalak
archaic
preterite 		indef. tilthaték tilthatál tilthata tilthatánk tilthatátok tilthatának
def. tilthatám tilthatád tilthatá tilthatánk tilthatátok tilthaták
2nd obj tilthatálak
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tilthat vala, tilthatott vala/volt.
archaic future indef. tilthatandok
or tiltandhatok 		tilthatandasz
or tiltandhatsz 		tilthatand
or tiltandhat 		tilthatandunk
or tiltandhatunk 		tilthatandotok
or tiltandhattok 		tilthatandanak
or tiltandhatnak
def. tilthatandom
or tiltandhatom 		tilthatandod
or tiltandhatod 		tilthatandja
or tiltandhatja 		tilthatandjuk
or tiltandhatjuk 		tilthatandjátok
or tiltandhatjátok 		tilthatandják
or tiltandhatják
2nd obj tilthatandalak
or tiltandhatlak
condi­tional pre­sent indef. tilthatnék tilthatnál tilthatna tilthatnánk tilthatnátok tilthatnának
def. tilthatnám tilthatnád tilthatná tilthatnánk
(or tilthatnók) 		tilthatnátok tilthatnák
2nd obj tilthatnálak
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tilthatott volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. tilthassak tilthass or
tilthassál 		tilthasson tilthassunk tilthassatok tilthassanak
def. tilthassam tilthasd or
tilthassad 		tilthassa tilthassuk tilthassátok tilthassák
2nd obj tilthassalak
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tilthatott légyen
infinitive (tilthatni) (tilthatnom) (tilthatnod) (tilthatnia) (tilthatnunk) (tilthatnotok) (tilthatniuk)
other
forms 		positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
tiltható tilthatatlan (tilthatva / tilthatván)

Derived terms

[edit]

(With verbal prefixes):

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
  • 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

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English tilt. In the non-pinball senses, a pseudo-anglicism.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

tilt m (invariable)

  1. haywire state; breakdown; crash; down; out of order
    Il servizio è andato in tilt tra le 12 e le 15.
    The service went down between 12 pm and 3 pm.
    Il computer è andato in tilt.
    The computer crashed.
    (literally, “went in crash”)
    Martedì il sito del presidente è stato in tilt per varie ore.
    On Tuesday, the president's site was down for several hours.
  2. short-circuit (unintended current flow)
  3. tilt (pinball machine state)

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ tilt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

[edit]
  • tilt in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=tilt&oldid=84046239"