tilt
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
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Etymology: 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”). 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.
Inflected forms:
form: tilts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tilting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tilted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tilted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: tilts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To slope or incline (something); to slant.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents.
gloss: To be at an angle.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To charge (at someone) with a lance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
But in this tournament can no man tilt, / Except the lady he loves best be there.
Mr. Smith strongly tilts at Mr. McCarter's use of the adjective "unprepossessing" to describe the station buildings at Moniaive and elsewhere; [...].
At Offham, in Kent, tilting at the quintain provides a climax to the day's revels.
gloss: To point or thrust a weapon at.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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!
gloss: To point or thrust (a weapon).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance.
gloss: To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
pos: verb
examples: to tilt steel in order to render it more ductile
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
gloss: To enter a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: 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.
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?
gloss: To modify one's approach.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: 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.
gloss: A slope or inclination.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A jousting contest. (countable)
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A thrust, as with a lance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A tilt hammer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: to go on tilt
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.
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.
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.
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.
Synonyms: slope
incline
slant
cock
Derived words: canthal tilt
I'm using tilt controls!
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