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uptilt

American  
[uhp-tilt] / ʌpˈtɪlt /

verb (used with object)

  1. to tilt up.


uptilt British  
/ ʌpˈtɪlt /

verb

  1. (tr) to tilt up

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of uptilt

First recorded in 1900–05; up- + tilt 1

Example Sentences

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See Examples For:

What is changed is Olive’s situation at the very close: These stringently non-Hollywood filmmakers have suggested a cheerful, almost-Hollywood uptilt for her life.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2018

The photographer has crouched at ground level to take the shot so that she looms larger than life in the frame, the defiant uptilt of her chin emphasised.

From The Guardian Mar. 20, 2018

Miss Whitmore started and blushed, then, with an uptilt of chin: "If I need a strong irritant, yes!"

From Chip, of the Flying U by Russell, Charles M.

A slight, humorous uptilt to his mouth relieved the face of impassivity and saved it from a too formal clericalism.

From The Clarion by Stevens, William Dodge

The uptilt of her hat revealed to him the warm soft glow of shining coils of brown hair.

From Back to God's Country and Other Stories by Curwood, James Oliver

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