cant

Letters that make cant

a, n, c, t are letters that make 'cant'

Words within cant

AN, NT, ant, can, CA, Ca are words within 'cant'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of cant

canto, scant, cants, scants, canty are words created by adding a letter to 'cant'


6 possible definitions for 'cant'

Cant as "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"

Under this definition, cant is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

bank, camber have the same meaning as 'cant'

cant as a type

'cant' can be a type of incline, slope, side.

Derivatives of cant

cant over, cant, slant, tilt, camber, pitch are derivatives of 'cant'.


Cant as "two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees"

Under this definition, cant is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

bevel, chamfer have the same meaning as 'cant'

cant as a type

'cant' can be a type of edge.

Types of cant

splay is a type of cant.

Derivatives of cant

bevel, chamfer, cant over, furrow, chase, cant, slant, tilt, pitch are derivatives of 'cant'.


Cant as "stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition"

Under this definition, cant is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

buzzword has the same meaning as cant

cant as a type

'cant' can be a type of bunk, nonsense, meaninglessness, hokum, nonsensicality.


Cant as "insincere talk about religion or morals"

Under this definition, cant is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

pious platitude has the same meaning as cant

cant as a type

'cant' can be a type of talking, talk.


Cant as "a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)"

Under this definition, cant is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

patois, slang, lingo, argot, vernacular, jargon have the same meaning as 'cant'

cant as a type

'cant' can be a type of non-standard speech.

Types of cant

street name, rhyming slang are types of 'cant'.

Uses of cant

square, tight, can-do, bay window, Benzedrine, bennie, caff, Caterpillar, deck, ditch, gat, Mickey Finn, mean, schlock, shlock, dreck, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off, pint-size, cert, plumb, legs, , airhead, shag, fuck, shakedown, honkie, paleface, white trash, poor white trash, whitey, honky, honkey, kike, hymie, yid, wop, dago, ginzo, greaseball, Jap, Nip, spic, spik, Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun, babe, sister, bad egg, boffin, good egg, guvnor, bunfight, bun-fight, old man, out-and-outer, schlockmeister, shlockmeister, baddie, rod, nick, toothbrush, bunghole, pot, potbelly, stuff, humbug, trumpery, trash, drool, bunk off, play hooky, burnup, stuff and nonsense, hood, big money, gook, slant-eye, Redskin, Injun, red man, Chinaman, chink, Guinea, butch, dike, dyke, suit, tripper, wog, juice, pile, bundle, cadaver, corpse, clay, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, juice, bitch, soup-strainer, give, buy it, pip out, baloney, feel, hoof, chuck, squiffy, some, niff, pong, remains, skinful, straight, clean, sheeny, loaded, spick, freaky, besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, stiff, stiff, wet, uncool, butch, key, grotty, bolshy, stroppy, pint-sized, slam-bang, plum, drop-dead, squeeze, bite, cat, swiz, heist, rip-off, shakedown, baby, power trip, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shtup, cock sucking, blowjob, jacking off, jerking off, hand job, wank, dekko, square-bashing, tummy, arse, arsehole, asshole, corporation, villain, corker, hooey, poppycock, folderol, rubbish, tripe, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop, skin flick, dibs, nosh-up, big bucks, megabucks, the shits, the trots, jitters, heebie-jeebies, screaming meemies are useages of 'cant'.

Derivatives of cant

slang, slangy are derivatives of 'cant'.


Cant as "heel over"

Under this definition, cant is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

cant over, slant, tilt, pitch have the same meaning as 'cant'

cant as a type

'cant' can be a type of move.

Types of cant

cock is a type of cant.

Derivatives of cant

bevel, cant, chamfer, tilter, slant, pitch, rake, bank, camber, rock, careen, sway, tilt are derivatives of 'cant'.



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