tilt vs tournament

tilt

noun
  • A jousting contest. (countable) 

  • An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office. 

  • A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc. 

  • Any covering overhead; especially, a tent. 

  • The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this. 

  • A thrust, as with a lance. 

  • A tilt hammer. 

  • A slope or inclination. 

  • The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc. 

verb
  • To slope or incline (something); to slant. 

  • To point or thrust (a weapon). 

  • 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. 

  • To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses). 

  • To charge (at someone) with a lance. 

  • To forge (something) with a tilt hammer. 

  • To be at an angle. 

  • To point or thrust a weapon at. 

  • To cover with a tilt, or awning. 

tournament

noun
  • A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual. 

  • During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war. 

  • A digraph obtained by assigning a direction to each edge in an undirected complete graph. 

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