Antonyms for tilting
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : tilt |
Phonetic Transcription : tɪlt |
Definition of tilting
Origin :- Old English *tyltan "to be unsteady," from tealt "unsteady," from Proto-Germanic *taltaz (cf. Old Norse tyllast "to trip," Swedish tulta "to waddle," Norwegian tylta "to walk on tip-toe," Middle Dutch touteren "to swing"). Meaning "to cause to lean, tip, slope" (1590s) is from sense of "push or fall over." Intransitive sense first recorded 1620s. Related: Tilted; tilting.
- verb lean, slant
- verb attack, fight
- See that he hath a change if he come back hot from the tilting.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- She could even see her own window while ironing at the laundry by just tilting her head to the side.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- It rose straight up, tilting and swaying in the light breeze.
- Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
- Tilting her head backwards she measured the sun with her eyes.
- Extract from : « The Trail of a Sourdough » by May Kellogg Sullivan
- Now, though, in tilting her hat, the disreputable beauty of the land was forgotten.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- "Wait," said Sanchez, lifting the scalpel and tilting his head.
- Extract from : « Wind » by Charles Louis Fontenay
- "Oh, you thought I was buttin' in," she mocked, tilting a gay challenge of the eyes at him.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- "But only in principle," she murmured, tilting a radiant challenge at him.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- No one was near it, but it floated there, quivering and tilting a little, in the air.
- Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay
- Then came a sudden, sickening drop and a tilting to one side.
- Extract from : « The Rover Boys in the Air » by Edward Stratemeyer
Synonyms for tilting
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