CANTS

Definition

1. An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
   “He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.”
2. A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
3. A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
4. Empty, hypocritical talk.
   “People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely cant.”
5. Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.

1. To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
2. To speak in set phrases.
3. To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
4. Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
5. To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.

1. Side, edge, corner, niche.
   “Under the cant of a hill.”
2. Slope, the angle at which something is set.
3. A corner (of a building).
4. An outer or external angle.
5. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.

1. To set (something) at an angle.
   “to cant a cask; to cant a ship”
2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
   “to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football”
3. To bevel an edge or corner.
4. To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

1. A parcel, a division.

1. To divide or parcel out.

Source: Wiktionary

Hooks

Front hooks: S-CANTS

This word in other languages

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