uptilt

[ uhp-tilt ]
/ ʌpˈtɪlt /

verb (used with object)

to tilt up.

Origin of uptilt

First recorded in 1900–05; up- + tilt1

Words nearby uptilt

upter, upthrow, upthrust, uptick, uptight, uptilt, uptime, uptitling, upton, uptorn, uptown

Example sentences from the Web for uptilt

  • He laid the level rod on a rock and inclined it at the same steep pitch as the uptilt of the gorge bottom.

    Out of the Depths |Robert Ames Bennet

  • That identical "well" with its uptilt of question had been on George's tongue.

    The Sturdy Oak |Samuel Merwin, et al.

  • There was the merest flavor of playful sarcasm in the uptilt of the word, but it was gone when she went on.

    The Master of Appleby |Francis Lynde

  • A third uptilt, the great Okanogan, in northern Washington, soon appears.

    The Guardians of the Columbia |John H. (John Harvey) Williams

British Dictionary definitions for uptilt

uptilt
/ (ʌpˈtɪlt) /

verb

(tr) to tilt up