cant

/kænt/
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cant

The carpenter measured the cant of the wooden beam.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A slope or tilt: An angled surface or a deviation from the vertical or horizontal.
    • Hypocritical or sanctimonious talk: Insincere speech, especially concerning morals or religion.
    • Specialized jargon or slang: The characteristic language of a particular group, often used to exclude outsiders.
    • A sudden push or shove that causes tilting.

  2. Verb:

    • To tilt or slope: To cause something to lean or slant.
    • To use specialized jargon: To speak in the slang of a particular group.
    • To give a hypocritical or sanctimonious speech.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun (Slope/Tilt):

    • The cant of the roof allows for proper drainage.
    • He measured the cant of the leaning tower.

  • Noun (Hypocritical Talk):

    • The politician's speech was full of moral cant.
    • I'm tired of his cant about family values.

  • Noun (Specialized Jargon):

    • The thieves used a cant that was unintelligible to the police.
    • The technical cant of the engineers was confusing for the new hires.

  • Verb (To Tilt):

    • The ship began to cant to starboard.
    • He had to cant the table to stop it from wobbling.

  • Verb (To Use Jargon):

    • The programmers were canting about APIs and SDKs.
Advanced Usage

  • "To cant over": To tilt or turn over completely.

    • The strong wind caused the small boat to cant over.

  • "At a cant": In a tilted or slanted position.

    • The picture hung at a cant on the wall.
Variants and Related Words

  • Canted (adj): Slanted, tilted.

    • The canted floor made walking difficult.

  • Canting (adj/n): Hypocritically pious; the use of jargon.

    • His canting remarks were unconvincing.
Synonyms
  • Noun (Slope): Slope, tilt, incline, angle, bevel.
  • Noun (Hypocrisy): Hypocrisy, sanctimony, insincerity, pious platitudes.
  • Noun (Jargon): Jargon, slang, argot, lingo, vernacular.
  • Verb (To Tilt): Tilt, slant, slope, incline, heel, list.
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Cant off: To cut or bevel an edge.

    • The carpenter will cant off the corner of the board.

  • Cant up: To raise or tilt something upward.

    • They had to cant up the beam to fit it into place.
Related Idioms

  • Full of cant: Describing speech that is hypocritically moralistic.

    • His advice was full of cant and not based on real experience.

  • To talk cant: To speak insincerely, especially on moral topics.

    • He talks cant about charity but never donates a penny.
cant

The carpenter measured the cant of the wooden beam.

Noun
  1. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
  2. insincere talk about religion or morals
  3. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
    • they don't speak our lingo
  4. 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
  5. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Verb
  1. heel over
    • The tower is tilting
    • The ceiling is slanting

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