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Definition of Slant

Slant

  1. To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
  2. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
  3. A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
  4. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
  5. Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.

Slant Quotations

Tell the truth, but tell it slant.
Emily Dickinson

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

Life doesn't just happen; it's constructed through the history of power. And that's something I am interested in and so is the art world: a world that's trying to engage socially, with a leftist slant, to work out how we got here.
Mike Mills

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

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
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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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