tilt at

phrasal verb

tilted at; tilting at; tilts at

British

: to attack (someone or something) in writing or speech

critics tilting at the established system

Examples of tilt at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the Earth orbits around the sun, our planet is tilted at a 23.5 degree angle. —Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025

Street signs are faded and many tilt at 45-degree angles. —Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025

Uranus and Neptune Uranus and Neptune have magnetic fields that are both multipolar and tilted at extreme angles relative to their rotation, so a compass needle on either of these ice giants would act erratically and unpredictably. —Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025

Could Liam Keelan follow up running Disney’s EMEA content with a tilt at Moore’s role? —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for tilt at

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat