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 Definitions of canter  [ˈkæn tər]  

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Definition of 'canter' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) canter
an easy gallop.

2. (v.i.) canter
to move or ride at a canter.

3. (v.t.) canter
to cause to move at a canter.

Etymology:  (1745–55; short for Canterbury to ride at a pace like that of Canterbury pilgrims)

Definition of 'canter' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) canter, lope
a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop

2. (verb) canter
ride at a canter
"The men cantered away"

3. (verb) canter
go at a canter, of horses

4. (verb) canter
ride at a cantering pace
"He cantered the horse across the meadow"


Definition of 'canter' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) canter
a moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding

2. (noun) canter
a rapid or easy passing over

3. (noun) canter
one who cants or whines; a beggar

4. (noun) canter
one who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language

5. (verb) canter
to move in a canter

6. (verb) canter
to cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter


Translation of 'canter' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (of a horse) an easy gallop
He went off at a canter.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kort galop Arabic flag Arabic: خَبَبُ الحِصان Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: галоп
Brazilian flag Brazilian: galope Czech flag Czech: klus German flag German: der leichte Galopp
Danish flag Danish: løbe i let galop Greek flag Greek: ελαφρός καλπασμός Spanish flag Spanish: medio galope
Estonian flag Estonian: kerge galopp Farsi flag Farsi: تاخت؛ چهار نعل Finnish flag Finnish: laukka
French flag French: petit galop Hebrew flag Hebrew: דְהִירָה קָלָה Hindi flag Hindi: धीमी चाल
Croatian flag Croatian: lagan kas Hungarian flag Hungarian: könnyű vágta Indonesian flag Indonesian: congklang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: valhopp Italian flag Italian: piccolo galoppo Japanese flag Japanese: 馬のゆるいかけ足
Korean flag Korean: 느린 구보 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: risnojimas Latvian flag Latvian: viegli rikši
Malay flag Malay: kuda yang melingas Dutch flag Dutch: handgalop Norwegian flag Norwegian: langsom galopp
Polish flag Polish: (skrócony) galop Persian flag Persian: تاخت؛ چهار نعل Pashto flag Pashto: په غبر ګو (چارنعل) داّس ځ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: galope Romanian flag Romanian: galop uşor Russian flag Russian: лёгкий галоп
Slovak flag Slovak: klus Slovenian flag Slovenian: lahni drnec Serbian flag Serbian: kas
Swedish flag Swedish: samlad (kort) galopp Thai flag Thai: การควบ Turkish flag Turkish: eşkin gidiş, tırıs
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (馬的)慢跑 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: легкий галоп Urdu flag Urdu: گھوڑے کی دلکی چال
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nước kiệu nhỏ Chinese flag Chinese: (马的)慢跑

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