tilt

Phonetic

US /tɪlt/UK /tɪlt/

Translations

VERBTo slope or incline (something); to slant., To be at an angle., To charge (at someone) with a lance., To point or thrust a weapon at., To point or thrust (a weapon)., To forge (something) with a tilt hammer., 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., To enter a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses., To cover with a tilt, or awning.
NOUNA slope or inclination., The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc., The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this., A jousting contest. (countable), An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office., A thrust, as with a lance., A tilt hammer., A state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses., A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc., Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.

Variants

  • tilts: Third Person Singular, Plural
  • tilting: Present Participle
  • tilted: Past Participle, Past Tense

Examples

  • The logic of entering tilt mode is rather simple:

    Source:github.com

  • tripod, which makes it easy to tilt the camera if I want to stand up during a video meeting and walk around a bit

    Source:medium.com

  • Viktor Orban’s pro-Moscow tilt cemented his reputation in Kyiv as a spoiler/ˈspɔɪlər/.

    Source:www.nytimes.com

  • Sounds like Redis is noticing that the server is under heavy load due to the RAID rebuild, and switching to tilt mode so it doesn't provide incorrect data, which is the desired behavior

    Source:stackoverflow.com

  • I also bought a motorized tripod, which makes it easy to tilt the camera if I want to stand up during a video meeting and walk around a bit

    Source:medium.com

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