hilt
noun
ˈhilt 
: a handle especially of a sword or dagger
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Laporta’s approach is defended to the hilt by an army of supporters on social media. 
New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 By June, the collapse spawned a contagion as companies that had borrowed to the hilt during the bull market rushed to shore up their balance sheet. Taylor Locke, Fortune, 22 July 2022 Roughly eight months later, Putin invaded Ukraine, miscalculating that his forces would quickly overtake Kyiv and that the U.S. and Europe would not react by imposing severe economic sanctions and arming Ukraine to the hilt. Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2022 The play lurches between sadness and joy, near-defeat and, in the end, a juicy triumph that Parson plays to the hilt. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2022 It was sandbagged to the hilt, and soldiers could be seen outside it. James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022 The biggest flaw in the Shapiro campaign’s thinking, by far, is their failure acknowledge that mainstream Republican voters actually want someone who backs Trump to the hilt in the way that Mastriano has. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 May 2022 French diplomats with ties to Mr. Macron described the evolving American policy as essentially arming Ukraine to the hilt and maintaining sanctions on Russia indefinitely. Mark Landler, New York Times, 11 May 2022 And so Pervis’s DNA is on the hilt of the knife and not on the handle. Tasha Lemley, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022 See More
New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 By June, the collapse spawned a contagion as companies that had borrowed to the hilt during the bull market rushed to shore up their balance sheet. Taylor Locke, Fortune, 22 July 2022 Roughly eight months later, Putin invaded Ukraine, miscalculating that his forces would quickly overtake Kyiv and that the U.S. and Europe would not react by imposing severe economic sanctions and arming Ukraine to the hilt. Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2022 The play lurches between sadness and joy, near-defeat and, in the end, a juicy triumph that Parson plays to the hilt. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2022 It was sandbagged to the hilt, and soldiers could be seen outside it. James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022 The biggest flaw in the Shapiro campaign’s thinking, by far, is their failure acknowledge that mainstream Republican voters actually want someone who backs Trump to the hilt in the way that Mastriano has. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 May 2022 French diplomats with ties to Mr. Macron described the evolving American policy as essentially arming Ukraine to the hilt and maintaining sanctions on Russia indefinitely. Mark Landler, New York Times, 11 May 2022 And so Pervis’s DNA is on the hilt of the knife and not on the handle. Tasha Lemley, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German helza hilt
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing hilt
Kids Definition
hilt
noun
ˈhilt
: a handle especially of a sword or dagger
hilt
noun
as in shaft
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