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What is another word for tilting?

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Adjective

Having, or running in, a slanted or oblique direction

Displaying or engaging in violence, combat, or aggression

Verb

Present participle for to move or cause to move into a sloping position

(tilt at) Present participle for to charge (at someone) with a lance

(tilt with) Present participle for to compete against someone, especially in a jousting contest

Present participle for to engage or contend against other competitors in a contest

Present participle for to tip, especially one's hat as a greeting

Present participle for to advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner

Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of

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Adjective

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Having, or running in, a slanted or oblique direction

lacking correspondence

spiralling^UK

spiraling^US

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“Begun in the 15th century and completed in the next century, the tilting tower looks as though it could topple at any moment.”

Adjective

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Displaying or engaging in violence, combat, or aggression

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

at each other's throats

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

have chip on shoulder

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

having a chip on one's shoulder

as cross as two sticks

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

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Verb

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Present participle for to move or cause to move into a sloping position

levelling^UK

leveling^US

labouring^UK

laboring^US

biasing^US

biassing^UK

moving back and forth

moving to and fro

teeter-tottering

moving backwards and forwards

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“It sort of felt like nothing was solid, like the street would tilt all of a sudden and throw me off.”

Verb

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(tilt at) Present participle for to charge (at someone) with a lance

“St. Simon never liked anybody to tilt at him without making a return thrust.”

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(tilt with) Present participle for to compete against someone, especially in a jousting contest

dueling^US

duelling^UK

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

carrying on hostilities

joining battle

engaging in combat

taking the field against

fighting like cat and dog

taking up arms

grappling with

engaging in hostilities

assaulting each other

exchanging blows with

fighting like Kilkenny cats

mixing it up

taking up the gauntlet

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“Saracen came boldly up to him and said in his Saracenic tongue that if he pleased, he would tilt with him.”

Verb

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Present participle for to engage or contend against other competitors in a contest

Verb

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Present participle for to tip, especially one's hat as a greeting

Verb

Present participle for to advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner

Verb

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Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of

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