Definition of Cant

Noun: cant  kant

1. Stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
   - buzzword
    
2. 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
   - bank, camber
    
3. A characteristic language of a particular group
   "they don't speak our cant";
   - slang, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
    
4. Insincere talk about religion or morals
   - pious platitude
    
5. Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
   - bevel, chamfer

Verb: cant  kant

1. Heel over
   "The tower is canting";
   - cant over, tilt, slant, pitch

Contraction: can't  kant or kaant [N. Amer], kaant [Brit]

1. Can not

See also:
canst
Cantab

Anagrams containing the word cant

ctna tcan ntca antc