Word: cant

Category: cant

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Related words: cant

i cant, cant stop, cant sleep, we cant stop, cant get enough, i cant stop, cant you see, miley cyrus, cant hold us, i cant sleep

Synonyms: cant

eyeglass

Translations: cant

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spanish
Translations:
jerga, argot
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german
Translations:
jargon, slang
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french
Translations:
hypocrisie, charabia, biseau, baragouin, jésuitisme, pencher, argot, jargon, biais, dissimulation
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italian
Translations:
gergo
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dutch
Translations:
jargon, taaltje
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russian
Translations:
ругать, брус, уклон, опрокидывать, сплетничать, наклонять, клеветать, скошенный, перевертывать, арго, ...
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swedish
Translations:
jargong
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finnish
Translations:
ammattikieli, särmä
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danish
Translations:
jargon
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czech
Translations:
hrana, úkos, žargon, hantýrka, pokrytectví, slang
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polish
Translations:
skos, obłuda, skamleć, ściąć, obłudny, biadolić, żargon
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hungarian
Translations:
sarok, csoportnyelv, kantni, szenvelgés, csibésznyelv
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greek
Translations:
υποκρισία
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ukrainian
Translations:
лицемірство, перевертати, скошувати, нахил, лаяти
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estonian
Translations:
sõnakõlks, vagatsemine, argoo
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croatian
Translations:
prepreden, nepoštenje
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lithuanian
Translations:
žargonas
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latvian
Translations:
žargons
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romanian
Translations:
jargon
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slovak
Translations:
sklon

The meaning and "use of": cant

noun
  • hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature. - the liberal case against all censorship is often cant
  • denoting a phrase or catchword temporarily current or in fashion. - they are misrepresented as, in the cant word of our day, uncaring
  • a slope or tilt. - the outward cant of the curving walls
  • a wedge-shaped block of wood, especially one remaining after the better-quality pieces have been cut off. - Yet, MB did not know even the basic dimensions of wood used in Japanese house construction and was opposed by the sogo shosha it had relied on to export its cants .
verb
  • talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something. - if they'd stop canting about “honest work,” they might get somewhere
  • cause (something) to be in a slanting or oblique position; tilt. - he canted his head to look at the screen

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