Definition of cant

"cant" in the noun sense

1. buzzword, cant

stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

2. bank, cant, camber

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

3. slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves

"they don't speak our lingo"

4. cant, pious platitude

insincere talk about religion or morals

5. bevel, cant, chamfer

two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

"cant" in the verb sense

1. cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch

heel over

"The tower is tilting"

"The ceiling is slanting"

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Quotations for cant

What society wants is a new motive, not a new cant. [ Macaulay ]

Cant is properly a double-distilled lie, the second power of a lie. [ Carlyle ]

Cant is the voluntary overcharging or prolonging of a real sentiment. [ Hazlitt ]

I will tell you what to hate. Hate hypocrisy, hate cant, hate indolence, oppression, injustice; hate Pharisaism; hate them as Christ hated them - with a deep, living, godlike hatred. [ F. W. Robertson ]

He who comes from the kitchen smells of its smoke; and he who adheres to a sect, has something of its cant; the college air pursues the student; and dry inhumanity him who herds with literary pedants. [ Lavater ]

cant in Scrabble®

The word cant is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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cant in Words With Friends™

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Words containing the sequence cant

Words with cant in them (146 words)

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Word Growth involving cant

Shorter words in cant

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acanthameba acanthamebas

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applicant applicants

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canthoplasties

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canticle canticles

cantilever cantilevered

cantilever cantilevering

cantilever cantilevers microcantilevers

cantilever microcantilever microcantilevers

canting cantingly recantingly

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canto canton cantoned

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cantrail cantrails

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