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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