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cant > 6 senses
NOUN1cant, buzzwordStock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
2cant, bank, camberA slope in the turn of a road or track
3cant, slang, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacularA characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
4cant, pious platitudeInsincere talk about religion or morals
5cant, bevel, chamferTwo surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
VERB1cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitchHeel over
cant > pronunciation
Soundskae'nt
Rhymesant, aunt, Brandt, and 21 more rhymes in aent...
cant > noun 1, communication
MeaningStock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition.
Synonymsbuzzword
Broadernonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
cant > noun 2, object
MeaningA 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.
Synonymsbank, camber
Broaderslope, incline, side
Verbscant
cant > noun 3, communication
MeaningA characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
Synonymsslang, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
Usage ofsquare, straight; besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet; can-do; freaky; uncool; grotty; some; built, stacked, well-stacked; mean; bolshy, stroppy; pint-size, pint-sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off; slam-bang; bite; heist, rip-off; shakedown; square-bashing; shakedown; caff; deck; gat, rod; Mickey Finn; nick; schlock, shlock, dreck; cert; legs; soup-strainer, toothbrush; pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy; niff, pong; corker; stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock; baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle; folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop; skin flick; bunfight, bun-fight; burnup; nosh-up; 'hood; Jap, Nip; airhead; baby, sister; bad egg; boffin; good egg; guvnor; old man; out-and-outer; schlockmeister, shlockmeister; squeeze; tripper; wog; juice; pile, bundle, big bucks, megabucks, big money; key; skinful; juice; the shits, the trots; jitters, heebie-jeebies, screaming meemies; bitch; bumf, bumph; clean, plumb, plum; drop-dead; give; buy it, pip out; feel; hoof; chuck, ditch; bunk off, play hooky
Broadernon-standard speech
Narrowerstreet name; rhyming slang
cant > noun 4, communication
MeaningInsincere talk about religion or morals.
Synonymspious platitude
Broadertalk, talking
cant > noun 5, artifact
MeaningTwo surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees.
Synonymsbevel, chamfer
Broaderedge
Narrowersplay
Verbscant
cant > verb, motion
MeaningHeel over.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s something
Synonymscant over, tilt, slant, pitch
Broadermove
Narrowercock
Nounscant; cant

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