Definition of Slant

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Definition of Slant

Slant

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.

A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.

An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.

Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.

Related Definitions:

An, As, Be, Direct, Direction, From, Gibe, Give, Horizontal, Inclined, It, Level, Lie, Line, Oblique, Obliquely, On, Or, Perpendicular, Plane, Reflection, Remark, Right, Sarcastic, Slant, Slanting, Slope, Sloping, To, Turn, Turned, Whether

Slant Quotations

Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
Emily Dickinson

I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.
Vince Gill

The mainstream media has its own agenda. They do not want to print the facts. They have an agenda, they have a slant, they have a bias. It is outrageous to me.
Curt Weldon

Getting plenty of sleep is always great. It really is. I have a girlfriend who's sending me a slant board.
Bernadette Peters

When I and the other young artists were working in comics, our work carried with it a particularly American slant. After all, we were Americans drawing and writing about things that touched us. As it turned out, the early work was, you might say, a comic book version of Jazz.
Joe Simon

Slant Translations

slant in French is inclinaison
slant in Italian is declinazione
slant in Spanish is inclinacion
slant in Swedish is slutta, sluttning

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