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Definition cant

Etymology 1

From Latin cant? probably via Old Northern French canter (“sing, tell”). Doublet of chant.

Noun

cant (usually uncountable, plural cants)

  1. (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
  3. language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
  4. (uncountable, derogatory) Empty, hypocritical talk.
  5. (uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
  6. (countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
  7. (obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
Verb

cant (third-person singular simple present cants, present participle canting, simple past and past participle canted)

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English cant (“edge, brink”), from Middle Dutch cant (“point, side, edge”) (Modern Dutch kant (“side, edge”)), ultimately of Celtic or Latin origin. Related to Medieval Latin cantus (“corner, side”), from Latin canthus.

Noun

cant (plural cants)

  1. (obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche.
  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.
  6. A movement or throw that overturns something.
  7. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
  8. (coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
  9. A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
  10. (nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
Verb

cant (third-person singular simple present cants, present participle canting, simple past and past participle canted)

  1. (transitive) To set (something) at an angle.
  2. (transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
  3. (transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.
  4. (transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

Etymology 3

Unknown, but compare Provençal cantel (“corner, piece”) or Old Northern French cantel (“piece broken off”). The verb is attested from the 15th century, and the noun from the 16th.

Verb

cant (third-person singular simple present cants, present participle canting, simple past and past participle canted)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To divide or parcel out.
Noun

cant (plural cants)

  1. (regional, forestry) A parcel, a division.

Etymology 4

From Middle English cant, kaunt, presumably from Middle Low German *kant. Compare Dutch kant (“neat, clever”). Attested from the 13th or 14th century.

Adjective

cant (not comparable)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) Lively, lusty.

Results 280 Words with the letters CANT

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7 letter words with the letters CANT 
6 letter words with the letters CANT 
ACCENT 13
ACETIN 10
ACTING 12
ACTINS 10
ACTION 10
ANTICK 14
ANTICS 10
ASCENT 10
ATONIC 10
CADENT 11
CAFTAN 13
CANNOT 11
CANTED 11
CANTER 10
CANTHI 12
CANTIC 13
CANTLE 11
CANTON 11
CANTOR 10
CANTOS 10
CANTUS 11
CAPTAN 13
CARNET 10
CARTON 10
CATENA 10
CATION 10
CATKIN 14
CATLIN 11
CATNAP 13
CATNIP 13
CENTAL 11
CENTRA 10
CETANE 10
CHANTS 12
CHANTY 14
CHAUNT 13
CONTRA 10
COTANS 10
CRATON 10
DECANT 11
ENACTS 10
ENATIC 10
INCANT 11
INTACT 10
LANCET 11
MANTIC 13
NASTIC 10
NAUTCH 13
NECTAR 10
OCTANE 10
OCTANS 10
OCTANT 10
RECANT 10
SANCTA 10
SCANTS 10
SCANTY 12
SECANT 10
SNATCH 12
STANCE 10
STANCH 12
TANNIC 11
TANREC 10
TENACE 10
TINCAL 11
TOUCAN 11
TRANCE 10
TUNICA 11
UNTACK 15
VACANT 14
5 letter words with the letters CANT 
CANTY 11
CHANT 11
NATCH 11
4 letter words with the letters CANT 
CANT 8
3 letter words with the letters CANT 
ACT 6
ANT 4
CAN 7
CAT 6
TAN 4
2 letter words with the letters CANT 
AN 3
AT 2
NA 3
TA 2

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