hilt
/hɪlt/
hilt noun: the handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
Noun
hilt (plural hilts)
- The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
- A partial tang does not extend all the way through the hilt and is normally not more than half the width of the blade. The length of the tang and the width, particularly where it narrows before entering the pommel, vary from sword to sword.2009, James Drewe, Tàijí Jiàn 32-Posture Sword Form, Singing Dragon, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- haft
- The base of the penis.
- he draws it again, and just wetting it with spittle, re-enters, and with ease sheath'd it now up to the hilt1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
- Joy saw stars as Malcolm's hard, thick cock pushed to his hilt, the reality shattering every fantasy about him she ever had. She opened her legs wider and bent her knees. As he pulled out, she tilted her pelvis for his next thrust. His cock ran against her clit hood barbell[…]2017 December 1, Lexi Post, Temptations of Christmas Future, Lexi Post, →ISBN
Verb
hilt (third-person singular simple present hilts, present participle hilting, simple past and past participle hilted)
- To provide with a hilt.
- Being lightly hilted, it was very heavy in the point and was useful only as an unscientific chopper, dangerous if it connected with a vital part of an adversary, ideal for cutting at defenceless infantry, but unsuitable for sabre to sabre action, especially against the French equivalent, a...1973, Ugo Pericoli, 1815: the armies at Waterloo, page 78
- She took a ray of light from the moon, the lamp which stands on her adorning table, and fashioned it into a bright dagger. She hilted it with the turquoise of the morning sky, with some of the stars in it for better grip, and gave it to Gulsera, whispering in her ear.1978, Martin Louis Alan Gompertz, Adventures in Sakaeland, page 68
- To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (e.g. finger until palm, penis until pelvis).
- his fingers hilted inside2015, Kitsune, page 41
- He hilted himself inside her.2017, Hot Wife's Secret Sex Life, page 25
Proper noun capitalized: Hilt
Hilt (plural Hilts)
- A surname.
hilt meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
hilt in Tamil
- hilt, handle
- பிடிமானம் piṭimāṉam
hilt in Marathi
- the hilt or handguard portion of a sword
- कटोरी kaṭorī, वाटी vāṭī
hilt in Urdu
- دستہ, موٹھ, قبضہ, دستہ لگانا
hilt in Telugu
- hilt
- ముష్టి muṣṭi
More languagesFewer languages
- hilt in Malayalam
- പിടി, വാൾപ്പിടി
- hilt in Kannada
- ಹಿಡಿ, ಹಿಡಿಕೆ
- hilt in Gujarati
- મૂઠ mūṭh
- hilt in Assamese
- মুঠি muthi
- hilt in Tagalog
- puluhan
- hilt in Arabic
- مَقْبَض maqbaḍ
- hilt in Malay
- hulu
- hilt in Indonesian
- gagang
- hilt in Vietnamese
- chuôi, cán
Examples of hilt in a sentence
- She jerked his hilt steadily as I rocked over the sensitive head of his cock.2023 October 5, Nicki Menage, Milf’s Threesomes 60-Pack : Books 1 - 60 (Milf Erotica Threesome Erotica Anal Sex Erotica Lesbian Erotica)...
- Reconstructions of Type A and Type B swords weigh less than 500g, even when hilted.2011, Dan Howard, Bronze Age Military Equipment, →ISBN, page 38:
- By 1810 Clark and Rogers were New Orleans silversmiths, but this study has not revealed any products that they hilted.2015, Daniel D. Hartzler, American Silver-Hilted, Revolutionary and Early Federal Swords, →ISBN:
Synonyms of hilt
Forms of hilt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hilts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hilts |
| present participle | hilting |
| past participle | hilted |
| past | hilted |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hilts |
Origin of hilt
From Middle English hilt, hilte, from Old English hilt, hilte, from Proto-Germanic *heltą, *heltǭ, *heltō, *hiltijō, (compare Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza, Old Saxon helta), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to strike, cut”) (see holt).
Words formed from hilt
Words that rhyme with hilt
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Questions about hilt
- What does hilt mean?
- Hilt means the handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
- What is hilt in Tamil?
- Hilt in Tamil is பிடிமானம் (piṭimāṉam). See Hilt meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use hilt in a sentence?
- She jerked his hilt steadily as I rocked over the sensitive head of his cock.
- What part of speech is hilt?
- Hilt can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hilt?
- Hilt is pronounced /hɪlt/.
- What is the plural of hilt?
- The plural of hilt is hilts.
Words near hilt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hilt (page history and authors); Hilt (page history and authors); பிடிமானம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); कटोरी (Marathi) (page history and authors); hilt (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ముష్టి (Telugu) (page history and authors); hilt (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hilt (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); મૂઠ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); মুঠি (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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