cant

IPA: kˈænt

noun

  • (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
  • (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
  • A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
  • (uncountable, derogatory) Empty, hypocritical talk.
  • (uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
  • (countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
  • (obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
  • (obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche.
  • Slope, the angle at which something is set.
  • A corner (of a building).
  • An outer or external angle.
  • An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
  • A movement or throw that overturns something.
  • A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
  • (coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
  • A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
  • (nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
  • (lumbering) An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
  • (regional, forestry) A parcel, a division.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
  • (intransitive) To speak in set phrases.
  • (intransitive) To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
  • (intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
  • (obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
  • (transitive) To set (something) at an angle.
  • (transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
  • (transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.
  • (transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To divide or parcel out.

adjective

  • (Britain, dialect) Lively, lusty.
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Examples of "cant" in Sentences

  • Who is the man who spoke cant
  • In our society, there are cants.
  • Who is responsible for such cant
  • There is no need to deal with cants.
  • They were not allowed to speak cant.
  • I cant find the right meaning for unshaken.
  • The children spoke cant in front of their parents.
  • Politicians held forth with their usual hypocritical cant.
  • We cant differentiate between the performer and the performance.
  • An utter absence of cant, affectation, and sham distinguishes them.

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