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Defenition of the word cant

    • Defenition of the word cant

      • Language that is higly informal, considered below what is considered standard educated speech, and consisting of new words, old words used with new meanings, or words considered taboo by people of a higher social status.
      • Terminology which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, group, or event.
      • A secret or private language used by various groups to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations.
      • 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
      • having the slant of a bevel; "a bevel edge"; "a cant buttress"
      • two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
      • stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
      • heel over
      • a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
      • insincere talk about religion or morals
      • a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don''t speak our lingo"
      • heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
      • a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

    Synonyms for the word cant

      • argot
      • bank
      • bevel
      • beveled
      • buzzword
      • camber
      • camfer
      • cant over
      • jargon
      • lingo
      • patois
      • pious platitude
      • pitch
      • slang
      • slant
      • tilt
      • vernacular

    Similar words in the cant

      • inclined

    Hyponyms for the word cant

      • cock
      • rhyming slang
      • splay
      • street name

    Hypernyms for the word cant

      • bunk
      • edge
      • hokum
      • incline
      • meaninglessness
      • move
      • non-standard speech
      • nonsense
      • nonsensicality
      • side
      • slope
      • talk
      • talking

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