[tɪlt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move or cause to move into a sloping position
(e.g: the floor tilted slightly)

- (in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon
(e.g: he tilts at his prey)


Phrases:
- full tilt
- tilt at windmills

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall or cause to fall, topple’): perhaps related to Old English tealt ‘unsteady’, or perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian tylten ‘unsteady’ and Swedish tulta ‘totter’

[tɪlt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sloping position or movement
(e.g: the tilt of her head)

- a combat for exercise or sport between two men on horseback with lances; a joust

- a small hut in a forest


Phrases:
- full tilt
- tilt at windmills

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘fall or cause to fall, topple’): perhaps related to Old English tealt ‘unsteady’, or perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian tylten ‘unsteady’ and Swedish tulta ‘totter’