Definizione monolingua

cant

cant (third-person singular simple present cants, present participle canting, simple past and past participle canted)

1. (intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
2. (intransitive) To speak in set phrases.
3. (intransitive) To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
4. (intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.

cant (plural cants)

1. An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

   He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.

2. A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
3. Shelta.
4. Empty, hypocritical talk.

   People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely cant.

   • 1749 — Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book IV ch iv

     He is too well grounded for all your philosophical cant to hurt.

   • 1759-1770 — Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy.

     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!

5. Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
6. (heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name of the bearer, canting arms.

cant (not comparable)

1. (UK, dialect) lively, lusty.

Definizione dizionario cant

gergo

argot

inclinarsi

inclinazione

ipocrisia

ipocrisie

sbilanciare

Altri significati:

Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.

secret language

(intransitive) To speak in set phrases.

A movement or throw that overturns something.

(intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.

Shelta.

(transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

(transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.

A language that is spoken and understood only by members of a certain group so that it is possible to communicate without being understood by outsiders.

An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

(UK, dialect) lively, lusty.

A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

(transitive) To divide or parcel out.

Empty, hypocritical talk.

jargon of a particular class or subgroup

(intransitive) To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.

(intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.

to bevel an edge or corner

hypocritical talk

(obsolete) corner, niche

angle at which something is set

(transitive) To set (something) at an angle.

set something at an angle

(heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name of the bearer.

slope, the angle at which something is set.