tilt


tilt (http://definr.com/tilt)

     n 1: a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each
          other with blunted lances [syn: joust]
     2: a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were
        involved in a violent argument" [syn: controversy, contention,
         contestation, argument, arguing]
     3: a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward
        conservative rulings"
     4: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs
        from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the
        ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a
        heavy inclination to the right" [syn: list, inclination,
         lean, leaning]
     5: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen, sway]
     v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned
          over the banister" [syn: lean, tip, slant, angle]
     2: heel over [syn: cant, cant over, slant, pitch]
     3: move sideways or in an unsteady way, as of a ship or a
        vehicle out of control [syn: careen, sway, wobble, shift]
     4: charge with a tilt, as in a a joust