cant
/kænt/
verb
- To tilt or slope something to one side.
- The sailor canted the mast to catch more wind.
- She canted her head to get a better view of the painting.
- They canted the table to slide the heavy box onto the dolly.
- To talk in a hypocritical or insincere way, especially about morals or religion.
- Stop canting and tell us what you really think.
- The preacher canted from the pulpit while ignoring his own flaws.
- He cants about helping the poor but never donates a cent.
adjective
- Sloping or tilted; not level or straight.
- The cant surface of the ramp made it easy to roll barrels down.
- They built a cant wall to match the angle of the hill.
- The cant floor of the old barn caused the hay bales to slide.
Antonyms
noun
- Hypocritical and insincere talk, especially about religion or morality.
- She saw through his cant and knew he didn't really care.
- The novel criticizes the cant of those who preach honesty but cheat.
- The politician's speech was full of cant about family values.
- A special language used by a particular group, often to keep things secret; jargon.
- Thieves used their own cant to communicate without being understood.
- The doctor's cant was hard for the patient to follow.
- Old books sometimes record the cant of traveling merchants.
- A slope or tilt, especially of a surface or object.
- The architect designed a cant in the roof for better stability.
- He adjusted the cant of the shelf so the books wouldn't fall.
- The road has a slight cant to help rainwater drain off.