Word: Cant
How to pronounce: kænt
Noun
Definitions:
1. Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.
Example sentences: "The liberal case against all censorship is often cant"
2. Language peculiar to a specified group or profession and regarded with disparagement.
Example sentences: "Thieves' cant"
Intransitive verb
Definitions:
1. Talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something.
Example sentences: "If they'd stop canting about “honest work,” they might get somewhere"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Cause (something) to be in a slanting or oblique position; tilt.
Example sentences: "He canted his head to look at the screen"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A slope or tilt.
Example sentences: "The outward cant of the curving walls"
2. A wedge-shaped block of wood, especially one remaining after the better-quality pieces have been cut off.
Example sentences: "A squared-off cant remains, containing the knottiest wood"
Synonyms:
tilt
bend down
lean
incline
pitch
inclination
tilting
jargon
lingo
slang
vernacular
vocabulary
patter
argot
patois
inclined
sloping
slant
bevel
slope
tilted
leaning
dissimulation
insincerity
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Cant in Other Languages...
Spanish:
German: Kann
French: Dévers
Italian: Sopraelevazione
Turkish: Yapmacıklık
