Crossword clues for atilt
atilt
- To one side
- Like the Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Slightly inclined
- Not quite upright
- On an incline
- Like Pisa's famed tower
- Not quite straight
- Not exactly vertical
- Not erect
- Leaning a bit
- Hardly straight
- Somewhat inclined
- Not quite vertical
- Not quite perpendicular
- Not quite erect
- Not plumb
- Like Pisa's most famous landmark
- Like Pisa's famous tower
- Out of true
- On ___ (leaning somewhat)
- On __ (slanting)
- Off the perpendicular
- Not vertical
- Not perfectly vertical
- Likely to fall over
- Like the Leaning Tower
- Like Pisa's most famous structure
- Like Pisa's main attraction
- Like badly hung paintings
- Like a jostled arcade game?
- Like a curious dog's head
- Leaning somewhat
- Leaning slightly
- How beer mugs are held while pouring
- Carrying a lance
- At an inclination
- At __ (leaning somewhat)
- Almost upright
- Listing to one side
- Like Pisa's tower
- Inclined upward
- Not perfectly upright
- With lance in hand, ready for action
- Not straight up
- Slanted
- Not level
- Jousting
- Cocked, as a hat
- Ready to joust
- Not quite true
- Like the Tower of Pisa
- At an angle
- At an incline
- Leaning to one side
- Tipped
- Not upright
- Pitching a bit
- How some hats are worn
- Skewed
- Slanting
- Slightly biased?
- Not true?
- On a slant
- Sloping; slanted
- Askew
- Off center
- Off balance
- Inclining
- With one end raised
- Like a jouster
- No Clue
- Like Pisa's oddity
- Crooked
- Inclined to be a fool about left
- Out of whack
- Not on the level
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Atilt \A*tilt"\, adv. [Pref. a- + tilt.]
In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. ``To run atilt at men.''
--Hudibras.-
In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised.
Note: [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.]
Abroach, atilt, and run Even to the lees of honor.
--Beau. & Fl.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. at an angle from the vertical or horizontal adv. 1 as if tilting; like a knight on horseback. 2 at an angle from the vertical or horizontal alt. at an angle from the vertical or horizontal
WordNet
Usage examples of "atilt".
There were a few markers, though they were wrecklessly atilt, and where she chose to start digging was entirely unmarked.
With all the power of his being he pulled Lana up out of the water, grabbed her about the waist, and -- the raft dangerously atilt -- wrenched her sprawling onto the deck beside him.
Weapons atilt, Cerise argued with a cardmaster in a rose-colored tunic, jabbing a blunt finger.
Alden speculated that Lily was obliged to wait for some late autumnal sunset to align itself exactly with the rusty croquet hoops atilt in the side yard before she could touch the thermostat.
And she was afraid her father, who must at first have minded very much and then had come to mind less, had perhaps by now learned to count on returning home every night to a dark and peaceful house instead of stepping into the full, accusing spotlight glare as Ginger sat, slightly atilt at the kitchen alcove table, presiding tragically over a baked-away casserole, sipping vermouth and twisting her rings.
Shutters hung atilt on upper floors, excrescent rooms overshadowing the walks were propped from below with timbers and, sagging further, with mere boards, at all angles.
Softly she sang a chant of high, tinkling syllables, watching with head atilt to see if Kane would wander in attention.
The man in my thoughts stood there, his head a little atilt as if he were listening to the incessant chimes, striving to separate one set from the other.
Although the rotted, atilt piles of a dock of some sort still stood in the shallows, there was no trace of any boat, so I built a makeshift raft on which to carry my sword and baldric, targe, wallet, brogues, and bonnet, hampered in this effort by lack of any sort of real rope or thongs with which to secure the odd bits of warped lumber and green saplings which were my only available materials.
She lounced indignantly ahead of her mistress into the newly atilt guest house.
Had earthquakes shaken the windows atilt so they mirrored intruders with distorted gleams and glares?
No man could look at her in the light, or feel her in the dark, and still keep his lance atilt for zina.
We were frequently breasting a wind into which a man could literally let himself fall, and not hit the ground but hang atilt, held up by the blast.