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Definitions of 'cant' Wordnet 

1. (noun) buzzword, cant
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

2. (noun) bank, cant, camber
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

3. (noun) slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
"they don't speak our lingo"

4. (noun) cant, pious platitude
insincere talk about religion or morals

5. (verb) bevel, cant, chamfer
two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

6. (verb) cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
heel over
"The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"


Definitions of 'cant' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (adj) cant
of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar

2. (noun) cant
a corner; angle; niche

3. (noun) cant
an outer or external angle

4. (noun) cant
an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl

5. (noun) cant
a sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant

6. (noun) cant
a segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask

7. (noun) cant
a segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel

8. (noun) cant
a piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads

9. (noun) cant
an affected, singsong mode of speaking

10. (noun) cant
the idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation

11. (noun) cant
the use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy

12. (noun) cant
vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars

13. (noun) cant
a call for bidders at a public sale; an auction

14. (verb) cant
to incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship

15. (verb) cant
to give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football

16. (verb) cant
to cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt

17. (verb) cant
to speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone

18. (verb) cant
to make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic

19. (verb) cant
to use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning

20. (verb) cant
to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction


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