tip-tilt

transitive verb

: to tilt or turn up at the tip

—usually used in past participle

the scales tip-tilted with a slight excessive weight

—J. G. Neihardt

the mountain field tip-tilted by reason of its steepness

—Willa Cather

his nose was tip-tilted

—Ethel Anderson

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