Definition of Cant

Cant

A corner; angle; niche.

An outer or external angle.

An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.

A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.

To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.

The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.

Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.

Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.

To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.

to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

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Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!
Robert Burns

I think if we keep on doing good music and people like us and they buy the magazine because we are in the magazine then they cant basically hate us hopefully.
Ville Valo

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
Laurence Sterne

Rule of art: Cant kills creativity!
Camille Paglia

In terms of the feeling of the piece, I cant think about what people are gonna think about it, what are the critics gonna say, I'm trying to bring some resolution, and realize that myself. It's a struggle; it's a process that gets us this.
Godfrey Reggio

I can appreciate that on one side, but we have to remember that the system is designed corruptly, and works against us, so you cant convict those who can benefit from the system, because its not neccesarily their fault.
Kool Moe Dee