- the handle of a sword, knife, etc.Word OriginOld English hilt, hilte, of Germanic origin.
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See hilt in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(up) to the hilt
- as much as possible
- We're mortgaged up to the hilt.
- They have promised to back us to the hilt.
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