Cant is language repeated so often and so mechanically that it's essentially empty of meaning. Cant can also mean the specialized jargon of a particular group like the "cant of piracy" (e.g., Ahoy! Lubber! Arrr!).
A corner; angle; niche.
Noun
two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
Noun
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Noun
insincere talk about religion or morals
Noun
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don''t speak our lingo"
Noun
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
Verb
heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
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.
Cant
The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant.2.
Cant
Cant
The cant of any profession.3.
They shall hear no cant from.4.
Cant
To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language.
Cant
The rankest rogue that ever canted.3.
The doctor here, When he discqurseth of dissection, Of vena cava and of vena porta, The meser'91um and the mesentericum, What does he else but cant.
That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting hanguage, if I may so call it.
Cant
Cant
A corner; angle; niche.
To incline; to set at an angle; to titl over; to tip upon the edge;
An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, sinsong tone.
A all for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.
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Rule of art: Cant kills creativity!
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