Wilt

Wilt may refer to:

  • Wilting, the loss of rigidity of non-woody parts of plants
  • WILT, An acronym commonly used in instant messaging for 'What I'm Listening To'
  • Wilt disease, which can refer to a number of different diseases in plants.

In literature and film:

  • Wilt (novel), a novel by Tom Sharpe
    • Wilt (film), a 1989 adaptation of Sharpe's novel
  • Wilt: Larger than Life, a biography of Wilt Chamberlain by Robert Cherry
  • Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who Lives Next Door, an autobiography by Wilt Chamberlain

In other media:

  • Wilt, an Irish indie rock band formed by ex-members of Kerbdog
  • WILT, a radio station in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.
  • WRMR, formerly WILT, a radio station in Jacksonville, North Carolina, U.S.
  • "Wilt", a song by Blind Melon from Soup
  • Wilt, a fictional character from the animated TV series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

People with the given name:

  • Wilt Chamberlain, a former American NBA player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers

People with the surname:

  • Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt (1858-1929), the first woman superintendent of the Pierce County School District
  • Marie Wilt (1833--1891), an Austrian dramatic coloratura soprano
  • Peter Wilt, a soccer executive
  • Raymond Wilt, a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  • Rod Wilt, a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  • Roy Wilt, a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  • W. William Wilt, a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Famous quotes containing the word wilt:

    “O conspiracy,
    Sham’st thou to show thy dang’rous brow by night,
    When evils are most free? O then, by day
    Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough
    To mask thy monstrous visage?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Come, wilt thou see me ride?
    And when I am a’horseback, I will swear
    I love thee infinitely.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “‘Tis no extravagant arithmetic to say, that for every ten jokes,—thou hast got an hundred enemies; and till thou hast gone on, and raised a swarm of wasps about thine ears, and art half stung to death by them, thou wilt never be convinced it is so.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)