tilt

1. (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.Examples: "Tilt the barrel to pour out its contents."transitive

2. (intransitive) To be at an angle.Examples: "For as the Trunk of the Body, is kept from tilting forvvard by the Muſcules of the Back: So, from falling backvvard, by theſe of the Belly."; "“Marge Gets A Job” opens with the foundation of the Simpson house tilting perilously to one side, making the family homestead look like the suburban equivalent of the Leaning Tower Of Pisa."intransitive

3. (intransitive, jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.Examples: "Auster and Aquilon with winged Steeds / All ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens, / With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps, / And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lightening"; "He tilts / With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast."; "But in this tournament can no man tilt, / Except the lady he loves best be there."intransitive

4. (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.Examples: "And he should tilt her?"; "I say I quarrel’d with you; / We did not tilt each other – that’s a blessing, – / Good gods! no innocent blood upon my head!"transitive

5. (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).Examples: "Sons against fathers tilt the fatal lance."transitive

6. (pinball, of a machine) 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.