tilt.
haywire state; breakdown; crash; down; out of order
Meaning & usage
haywire state; breakdown; crash; down; out of order
Il servizio è andato in tilt tra le 12 e le 15.
Il computer è andato in tilt.
short-circuit (unintended current flow)
tilt (pinball machine state)
Where this word comes from
Unadapted borrowing from English tilt. In the non-pinball senses, a pseudo-anglicism.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.