uptilt

American  

[uhp-tilt] / ʌpˈtɪlt /

verb (used with object)

1. to tilt up.

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uptilt British  

/ ʌpˈtɪlt /

verb

1. (tr) to tilt up

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Etymology

Origin of uptilt

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

Example Sentences

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

To this day, the legend survives that Windy City newsmen uptilt their hatbrims and race off at 45� angles.

From Time Magazine Archive

If her features had been more regular, the girl would have been plain; but there was a slight uptilt to her nose that hinted of piquancy, denied by the quiet, steady eyes.

From The Ranchman by Seltzer, Charles Alden

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

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis