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hilt

[ hilt ]

noun

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


verb (used with object)

  1. to furnish with a hilt.

hilt

/ hɪlt /

noun

  1. the handle or shaft of a sword, dagger, etc
  2. to the hilt
    to the full
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to supply with a hilt
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hilt1

First recorded 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”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hilt1

Old English; related to Old Norse hjalt, Old Saxon helta oar handle, Old High German helza
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Idioms and Phrases

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

    to play the role to the hilt.

More idioms and phrases containing hilt

see to the hilt .
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Example Sentences

Let’s back him to the hilt and take it to Trump.

From Salon

Still, he was a perfect match for Yang, who played Santos to the hilt in various appearances on Weekend Update and in opening sketches.

For years, the national Democratic Party has faced criticism that it has declined to back Black women to the hilt, either in primaries or general elections, when they have run for statewide offices.

The larger-than-life painting by artist Jonathan Yeo captures the king with his hands clasped atop the hilt of his sword and a butterfly flitting above his right shoulder.

But it would have been comforting to squeeze something tightly, like a sword hilt, instead of squishing a handful of figs into a sloppy mush.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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