Tilt Definition
To poise or thrust one's lance, or to charge (at one's opponent), in a tilt.
- straighten
- yield
- surrender
- bring into line
- level
- At full speed:
a tank moving at full tilt.
- In a reckless manner, especially playing poker recklessly after experiencing bad or good luck.
- at full speed or with the greatest force or energy
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Origin of Tilt
Old English tyltan "to be unsteady"; Middle English tilte. Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“an ambling place"). 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.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English telt, from Old English teld (“tent"), from Middle Low German telt, perhaps via or influenced by Danish telt. Cognates include German Zelt (“tent"), Old Norse tjald (“tent") (whence also archaic Danish tjæld (“tent")). More at teld.
From Wiktionary
Middle English tilten to cause to fall perhaps of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English telte tent from Old English teld
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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