tilting

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    n.

  • a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances; joust
  • a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, argument, arguing

    they were involved in a violent argument

  • a slight but noticeable partiality

    the court's tilt toward conservative rulings

  • the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; list, inclination, lean, leaning

    the tower had a pronounced tilt

    the ship developed a list to starboard

    he walked with a heavy inclination to the right

  • pitching dangerously to one side; rock, careen, sway

    v.

  • to incline or bend from a vertical position; lean, tip, slant, angle

    She leaned over the banister

  • heel over; cant, cant over, slant, pitch

    The tower is tilting

    The ceiling is slanting

  • move sideways or in an unsteady way; careen, wobble, shift

    The ship careened out of control

  • charge with a tilt

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

tilts|tilted|tilting
syn.: incline lean list slant slope tip