tilt

Meanings

• a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
• 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
  • "the tower had a pronounced tilt"
• pitching dangerously to one side
• to incline or bend from a vertical position
• heel over
  • "The tower is tilting"
• move sideways or in an unsteady way
• charge with a tilt

Synonyms

angle, arguing, argument, cant, cant over, careen, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, inclination, joust, lean, leaning, list, pitch, rock, shift, slant, sway, tip, wobble