Cant - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kænt|
Brit.
|kænt|
noun
- stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition (syn: buzzword)
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force (syn: bank, camber)
- a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) (syn: argot, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular)
- insincere talk about religion or morals
- two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees (syn: bevel, chamfer)
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force (syn: bank, camber)
- a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) (syn: argot, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular)
- insincere talk about religion or morals
- two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees (syn: bevel, chamfer)
verb
Extra examples
Fortune's wheel made suddenly a great cant.
The steamer, which had canted over, lay in a very dangerous position.
Word forms
noun
singular: cant
plural: cants
singular: cant
plural: cants
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