Gambling term (most common in poker) but also used in video games describing an angry or "reeling" state of mind usually caused by a big or unluck loss. People playing on tilt play below their usual abillity and usually make larger and more aggressive bets to try to quickly recover their loss.
by RecycledDefinitions January 27, 2017
When you let something negatively affect your mood/actions. Commonly used by players of video games.
by leetstarter January 23, 2017
"On tilt" is a poker term used to describe someone who is letting their luck affect the way they play. For example, if someone has lost a bunch of hands in a row he or she might start playing recklessly to try to make up for it. Also, if a player has won many hands in a row, they might start to play differently as well. This playing out-of-line so to speak is called playing "on tilt."
by ColbyM May 20, 2007
by Unforgiving-en April 14, 2016
From video game culture. When your emotions stop you playing your A-game.
An analogy to the tilt mechanism in pinball: if you bump a pinball machine too hard, it will light a "tilted" message and refuse to work properly, throwing the game.
An analogy to the tilt mechanism in pinball: if you bump a pinball machine too hard, it will light a "tilted" message and refuse to work properly, throwing the game.
He lost half his HP in the first 30 seconds which was bad, but that got him tilted and he just YOLOed five enemies, a battle he couldn't possibly win.
by happycamper72 August 20, 2017
When you're describing someone or something that is inconstant or unpredictable, or describing a situation or moment that's ambiguous.
Jason: Guys listen to this, is it Laurel or Yanny?
Jamie: It's Laurel.
Alex: No, it's Yanny.
Hannah: No, it's both. Sometimes I hear Laurel and sometimes I hear Yanny.
Jason: You're right. It's so tilt.
Tyler: Dude, do you want to go to the bar on 5th ave?
Matt: Idk, sometimes its lit, and then sometimes its not.
Tyler: Yeah, I know dude, that place is tilt.
Jake: My brother is in the middle of getting a sex transition surgery. I'm not sure if I should be calling him my brother or my sister.
Luke: Dude, that's so tilt.
Jessica: How do you like working at the grocery store?
Adam: Ehh, sometimes things are going good, and then other times at a given moment things suck. It's tilt.
Maria: What's it like working with Justin?
Anna: Sometimes he works hard and helps out, but then other times he's just lazy and doesn't want to do anything. Just like a scale, he is tilt. He can lean in either direction.
Jamie: It's Laurel.
Alex: No, it's Yanny.
Hannah: No, it's both. Sometimes I hear Laurel and sometimes I hear Yanny.
Jason: You're right. It's so tilt.
Tyler: Dude, do you want to go to the bar on 5th ave?
Matt: Idk, sometimes its lit, and then sometimes its not.
Tyler: Yeah, I know dude, that place is tilt.
Jake: My brother is in the middle of getting a sex transition surgery. I'm not sure if I should be calling him my brother or my sister.
Luke: Dude, that's so tilt.
Jessica: How do you like working at the grocery store?
Adam: Ehh, sometimes things are going good, and then other times at a given moment things suck. It's tilt.
Maria: What's it like working with Justin?
Anna: Sometimes he works hard and helps out, but then other times he's just lazy and doesn't want to do anything. Just like a scale, he is tilt. He can lean in either direction.
by runninghighkid July 22, 2018
1. To set off the tilt/motion detection device(s) in a pinball machine. Nudging the machine (within the limits of the detectors) in addition to using the flippers is a big part of the game (if you're any good), hence the sensitivity of the tilt sensors have quite a big impact on the game. Causing a tilt results (usually, but almost univerally) in the loss of the current ball and any bonus points built up during the current ball (these are otherwise awarded when the ball is lost). It has no effect on other players playing at the same time, and is hence considered perfectly socially acceptable. Causing a Slam Tilt (by hitting or attacking the door to the coin vault or other *very* violent behaivor towards the machine) immediatly ends the current game for you and anyone else currently playing and is hence considered very rude.
2. Gambling term (most common in poker) descibing an angry or "reeling" state of mind usually caused by a big or unluck loss. People playing on tilt play below their usual abillity and usually make larger and more aggressive bets to try to quickly recover their loss. In poker, this is very valueble to other players at the table, hence worth keeping track of and/or attempting to cause. People known to be prone to tilting are often taunted or generally aggrivated when they take a loss and then egged on when they do tilt in order to keep them in this state as long as possible.
2. Gambling term (most common in poker) descibing an angry or "reeling" state of mind usually caused by a big or unluck loss. People playing on tilt play below their usual abillity and usually make larger and more aggressive bets to try to quickly recover their loss. In poker, this is very valueble to other players at the table, hence worth keeping track of and/or attempting to cause. People known to be prone to tilting are often taunted or generally aggrivated when they take a loss and then egged on when they do tilt in order to keep them in this state as long as possible.
This damn machine keeps tilting as soon as I touch it!
My stack was up to $250 but I lost $100 with a AA to a KQ and went on tilt. Before I knew it, it was all gone.
My stack was up to $250 but I lost $100 with a AA to a KQ and went on tilt. Before I knew it, it was all gone.
by Patrik Lundin October 6, 2004