cants in English

noun

1

hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.

the liberal case against all censorship is often cant

synonyms: hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, pietism

2

denoting a phrase or catchword temporarily current or in fashion.

they are misrepresented as, in the cant word of our day, uncaring

3

a slope or tilt.

the outward cant of the curving walls

synonyms: slope, slant, tilt, angle, inclination

4

a wedge-shaped block of wood, especially one remaining after the better-quality pieces have been cut off.

Yet, MB did not know even the basic dimensions of wood used in Japanese house construction and was opposed by the sogo shosha it had relied on to export its cants .

verb

1

talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something.

if they'd stop canting about “honest work,” they might get somewhere

2

cause (something) to be in a slanting or oblique position; tilt.

he canted his head to look at the screen

synonyms: tilt, lean, slant, slope, incline, tip, list, bank, heel

noun

hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, pietism
slang, jargon, idiom, argot, patois, speech, terminology, language, lingo, -speak, -ese
slope, slant, tilt, angle, inclination
bevel, chamfer
vernacular, lingo, patois, jargon, argot, slang
buzzword
camber, bank

verb

tilt
tilt, lean, slant, slope, incline, tip, list, bank, heel
tilt, cant over, pitch, slant

Use "cants" in a sentence

1. Canters: Canters are used to process logs, or blocks, into flitches, cants and boards

2. Canted: Having cants or angles: in architecture , applied to pillars, turrets, or towers the plan of which is a polygon.

3. Cablese and Wirespeak May 26, 2017 by Taylor Jones I'm always interested in jargons, cants, patois(es?) and codes, and recently learned that my father-in-law, a career newsman, didn't just have a problem with his throat this whole time, but rather has been communicating with me and in Cablese (and movie references).