Definitions for hilt

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Spelling: [hilt]
IPA: /hɪlt/

Hilt is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in hilt (hilt).

Definitions for hilt

noun

  1. the handle of a sword or dagger.
  2. the handle of any weapon or tool.

Idioms

  1. to the hilt, to the maximum extent or degree; completely; fully: Also, up to the hilt.

verb (used with object)

  1. to furnish with a hilt.

Origin of hilt

before 900; Middle English, Old English hilt(e); cognate with Middle Dutch hilt(e), Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza handle of a sword

Examples for hilt

The mingled feeling with which she spoke of him proved it to the hilt.

I've read of precious stones in the hilt of a pirate's sword!

"He had enthusiasm to the hilt," said his niece, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend.

The premise of the sketch was that sex was too spontaneous to be regulated, and the quiz show played that idea to the hilt.

If I could have mistaken the hilt, I could not mistake the split sheath.

He would not have it in the scabbard, and when I laid it naked in his hand he kissed the hilt.

Siegmund saw it, and, springing forward, he grasped its hilt.

The hilt and stump of sword clattered in the fireplace, whither she hurled it.

He played affirmative action to the hilt and took full advantage of it.

Wondering, the German unsheathed the weapon, and proffered the hilt to his master.

Word Value for hilt
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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