Cant

[kænt]

Definition

(noun.) insincere talk about religion or morals.

(verb.) heel over; 'The tower is tilting'; 'The ceiling is slanting'.

Checker: Wendy--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A corner; angle; niche.

(n.) An outer or external angle.

(n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

(n.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

(n.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

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

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

(v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

(n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

(n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.

(n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.

(n.) Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.

(a.) Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

(v. i.) To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.

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

(v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

(n.) A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.

(v. t.) to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

Edited by Dinah

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Whining or affected speech.[2]. Hypocrisy, pretence.[3]. Peculiar form of speech, professional terms.[4]. Slang, barbarous jargon, low language, inelegant expression.[5]. Auction, vendue, auction sale.[6]. Turn, tilt, slant.

a. [1]. Hypocritical, insincere, hollow, canting.[2]. Vulgar, barbarous, unauthorized, inelegant.

Typist: Weldon

Definition

adj. brisk: lively.

n. an inclination from the level: a toss or jerk: a sloping or tilted position: one of the segments forming a side-piece in the head of a cask: a ship's timber lying obliquely to the line of the keel.—v.t. to turn on the edge or corner: to tilt or toss suddenly.—ns. Cant′ing tilting; Cant′ing-coin; Cant′ing-wheel; Cant′-rail a timber running along the tops of the upright pieces in the sides of the body of a railway-carriage and supporting the roof and roof-sticks.

n. sale by auction.—v.t. to sell by auction.

v.i. to speak in a conventional manner: to use the language of thieves &c.: to talk in an affectedly solemn or hypocritical way.—n. a hypocritical or affected style of speech: the language peculiar to a sect: odd or peculiar talk of any kind: slang: a common saying: affected use of religious phrases or sentiments.—n. Cant′er one who cants a beggar: one who makes hypocritical professions.—adj. Cant′ing whining pretending to piety: (her.) allusive (see Allusive).

Edited by Daisy