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Define Cant
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"cant" (pronounced /kænt/)
Meanings:
- Noun — insincere, sanctimonious talk; hypocritical moralizing (e.g., "political cant").
- Noun — specialized language or jargon of a particular group, often criminal or trade argot (e.g., "thieves' cant").
- Noun — a sloping surface or bevel; an oblique angle (used in architecture/engineering).
- Verb — to tilt or set at an angle (e.g., "cant the mast"); also to speak in a hypocritical or affected way, or to use cant (jargon).
Synonyms: hypocrisy, sanctimony, jargon, argot, bevel, tilt.
Note: Do not confuse with "can't" (contraction of cannot).
Meanings:
- Noun — insincere, sanctimonious talk; hypocritical moralizing (e.g., "political cant").
- Noun — specialized language or jargon of a particular group, often criminal or trade argot (e.g., "thieves' cant").
- Noun — a sloping surface or bevel; an oblique angle (used in architecture/engineering).
- Verb — to tilt or set at an angle (e.g., "cant the mast"); also to speak in a hypocritical or affected way, or to use cant (jargon).
Synonyms: hypocrisy, sanctimony, jargon, argot, bevel, tilt.
Note: Do not confuse with "can't" (contraction of cannot).
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