Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tilting

/tˈɪltɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
tilt-ing
IPA
/tˈɪltɪŋ/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tilt

noun

The motion of something that tilts; a tilt.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A charging with (or as if with) a lance, as in jousting.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Having the property that it is the quotient of a projective module by a projective submodule, having an ext functor with itself of 0, and there being a right module as the kernel of a surjective morphism between finite direct sums of its direct summands.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

Derived Forms

Phrases

Rhymes With

Questions

How do you pronounce tilting?
The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɪltɪŋ/.
What does tilting mean?
present participle and gerund of tilt

How to pronounce tilting

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “tilting”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/tˈɪltɪŋ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “tilting”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “tilting” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.