Cant
noun
- 1.
- Empty cant ពាក្យថ្លែងបំភ្លៃឡើង, gypsy cant ភាសាដោយឡែកសម្រាប់សង្គមខ្លះ
- 2.
- (A tilted or sloping position) ជ្រុងទេរ
Example: I can't go.
verb — past tense: canted ; past participle: canted ; present participle: canting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ (something) (over) (to slope, to tilt) ធ្វើឱ្យទេរ
- cant hook
- ប្រភេទប្រចាំសម្រាប់គៀបលើកឈើមូលកុំឱ្យវាវិលចុះឡើង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
- 2.
- The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.
- 3.
- A corner; angle; niche.
- 4.
- An outer or external angle.
- 5.
- 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.
- 6.
- A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
- 7.
- A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
- 8.
- A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
- 9.
- An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
- 10.
- The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.
- 11.
- Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.
- 12.
- A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
adjective
- 1.
- Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
verb — past tense: canted ; past participle: canted ; present participle: canting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
- 7.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.