cant

cant ¹  (knt)

n.

1. Angular deviation from a vertical or horizontal plane or surface; an inclination or slope.

2. A slanted or oblique surface.

3.

a. A thrust or motion that tilts something.

b. The tilt caused by such a thrust or motion.

4. An outer corner, as of a building.

v. cant·ed, cant·ing, cants

v.tr.

1. To set at an oblique angle; tilt.

2. To give a slanting edge to; bevel.

3. To change the direction of suddenly.

v.intr.

1. To lean to one side; slant.

2. To take an oblique direction or course; swing around, as a ship.

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[Middle English, side, from Old North French, from Vulgar Latin *cantus, corner, from Latin canthus, rim of wheel, tire, of Celtic origin.]

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cant ¹

Noun

1. insincere talk concerning religion or morals

2. specialized vocabulary of a particular group, such as thieves or lawyers

Verb

to use cant: canting hypocrites [probably from Latin cantare to sing]

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cant ²

Noun

a tilted position

Verb

to tilt or overturn: the engine was canted to one side [perhaps from Latin canthus iron hoop round a wheel]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cant - stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition buzzword hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
	2.	cant - 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 camber, bank incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
	3.	cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang bite - a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" swiz - British slang for a swindle heist, rip-off - the act of stealing shakedown - extortion of money (as by blackmail) power trip - (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shtup, ass, shag, screw - slang for sexual intercourse blowjob, cock sucking - slang for fellatio hand job, jacking off, jerking off, wank - slang for masturbation dekko - British slang for a look square-bashing - drill on a barracks square shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs" caff - informal British term for a cafe deck - street name for a packet of illegal drugs gat, rod - a gangster's pistol Mickey Finn - slang term for knockout drops nick - (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick" dreck, schlock, shlock - merchandise that is shoddy or inferior cert - an absolute certainty; "it's a dead cert" legs - staying power; "that old Broadway play really has legs" soup-strainer, toothbrush - slang for a mustache arsehole, bunghole, arse, asshole - vulgar slang for anus bay window, potbelly, tummy, corporation, pot - slang for a paunch niff, pong - an unpleasant smell street name - slang for something (especially for an illegal drug); "`smack' is a street name for heroin" corker - (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person; "that story was a corker" hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense, stuff - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash - nonsensical talk or writing skin flick - a pornographic movie dibs - a claim of rights; "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza" non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community rhyming slang - slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component; "Cockney rhyming slang" bun-fight, bunfight - (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion burnup - a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road nosh-up - a large satisfying meal hood - (slang) a neighborhood 'hood - (slang) a neighborhood paleface - (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians) poor white trash, white trash - (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished honkey, honkie, honky, whitey - (slang) offensive names for a White man slant-eye, gook - (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War) Injun, red man, Redskin - (slang) offensive term for Native Americans hymie, kike, sheeny, yid - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
	4.	cant - insincere talk about religion or morals pious platitude talk, talking - an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"
	5.	cant - two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees bevel, chamfer edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" splay - an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
Verb	1.	cant - heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" cant over, tilt, slant, pitch move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" cock - tilt or slant to one side; "cock one's head"

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cant ¹

noun 1. hypocrisy, pretence, lip service, humbug, insincerity, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, pious platitudes, affected piety, sham holiness

noun 2. jargon, slang, vernacular, patter, lingo, argot

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cant ²

verb tilt, angle, slope, incline, slant, bevel, rise

Translations

cant [kænt] n → jargon m

vt, vi → pencher

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cant [kænt] n → scheinheiliges Gerede nt

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cant [kænt] n → gergo

vt → inclinare

vi → inclinarsi