tilt : Idioms & Phrases


Full tilt

  • with full force.
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table tilting

  • noun manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits
    table turning; table lifting; table tipping.
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tilt angle

  • noun the angle a rocket makes with the vertical as it curves along its trajectory
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Tilt boat

  • (Naut.), a boat covered with canvas or other cloth.
Webster 1913

tilt hammer

Tilt" ham`mer
Definitions
  1. A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.
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Tilt roof

  • (Arch.), a round-headed roof, like the canopy of a wagon.
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tilt-mill

Tilt"-mill` noun
Definitions
  1. A mill where a tilt hammer is used, or where the process of tilting is carried on.
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tilt-top table

  • noun a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position
    tip-top table; tip table.
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tilt-up

Tilt"-up` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Same as Tip-up.
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tilt-yard

Tilt"-yard` noun
Definitions
  1. A yard or place for tilting. "The tilt-yard of Templestowe." Sir W. Scott.
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tilting board

  • noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
    teeter; teeter-totter; teetertotter; seesaw; dandle board; teeterboard.
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tip-tilted

  • adjective satellite (used of noses) turned up at the end
    retrousse; upturned.
    • a retrousse nose
    • a small upturned nose
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