hilt
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Definition of hilt
: a handle especially of a sword or dagger
to the hilt
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: to the very limit : completely
the farm was mortgaged to the hilt
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: with nothing lacking
played the role to the hilt
Examples of hilt in a Sentence
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Unlike in the last downturn, homeowners aren’t mortgaged to the hilt. — Los Angeles Times, "Is Trump relying on American consumers to save the economy from recession?," 22 Aug. 2019 Sort of like mortaging your house to the hilt, then using it to throw a lavish party. — Larry Light, Fortune, "More than Half of All Stock Buybacks are Now Financed by Debt. Here’s Why That’s a Problem," 20 Aug. 2019 From then on, the situation continued to simmer as Perez played his usual hot-dog antics to the hilt. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "From the Archives: 35 years since the big baseball brawl," 13 Aug. 2019 Yellow split pea soup, soothing and mild, lands on the table with a pork rib jutting out, the hilt thoughtfully wrapped in foil and the meat smoke incarnate. — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, "At Belarussian Xata, Hearty Fare to Keep the Spirits Light," 22 Feb. 2018 North Korea has been sanctioned to the hilt, but Trump’s negotiations with Kim Jong Un have yet to reduce his nuclear program, which is far more sophisticated than Iran’s. — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, "Trump Sanctions Iran’s Supreme Leader, but to What End?," 25 June 2019 His supporters will back him to the hilt, regardless: Nobody is more anxious to win the culture war than those who have already lost the moral argument. — Laurie Penny, The New Republic, "Why It Matters How Powerful Men Treat Women," 24 June 2019 Loaded to the hilt with bottled soft drinks, the truck developed a motor lock on a steep grade, stalled and slipped off an embankment to stand upturned in the desert sun while soft drinks fizzled and died. — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, "From the Archives: Soft drink casualties were heavy," 5 June 2019 The owners will surely realise how big an opportunity this is for the club to end their 30 year wait for a league title, and will support Klopp to the hilt during the transfer window. — SI.com, "Premier League: Why the Rest of the Top 6 Won't Close the Gap to Liverpool & Man City Next Season," 8 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hilt.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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hilt
noun
English Language Learners Definition of hilt
: the handle of a sword or dagger
See the full definition for hilt in the English Language Learners Dictionary
hilt
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Kids Definition of hilt
: a handle especially of a sword or dagger