atilt adverb 2adjective 1preposition 1 adverb2 •At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.He wore his hat rakishly atilt. •Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).to run / ride atilt at someone or something adjective1 •At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.The child listened, her head atilt. preposition1 •Diagonally over or across.A butterfly flew into the garden, danced a stately minuet mid-air, courtsied, and settled atilt the top rail of the old “snake fence.” — 1911
