Tilt
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to slope or incline (something); to slant (jousting) to charge (at someone) with a lance to forge (something) with a tilt hammer to play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck)
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a slope or inclination a joust a canvas covering for carts etc.
Example sentence: I guess it's ridiculously romantic, but I wanted to be a full tilt, sink-or-swim writer.
Careen
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.To tilt on one side.To lurch or sway violently from side to side.To tilt or lean while in motion.To career.