v.
- move into a sloping position.
▸move (a camera) in a vertical plane.
-
(tilt at)
historical (in jousting) thrust at with a lance or other weapon.
▸
(tilt with)
archaic engage in a contest with.
n.
- a tilting position or movement.
▸an inclination or bias.
- historical a joust.
Phrase
-
(at)
full tilt
with maximum speed or force. - tilt at windmills
attack imaginary enemies.
[with allusion to the story of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, believing they were giants.]
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘fall or cause to fall’): perh. rel. to OE tealt ‘unsteady’, or perh. of Scand. origin and rel. to Norw. tylten ‘unsteady’ and Swed. tulta ‘totter’.