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German
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Heuchelei
, leeres Gerede
, Jargon
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Canted
- (a.) Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.
- (a.) Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
- (imp. & p. p.) of Cant
Synonyms:
Atilt, Leaning, Tilted, Tipped,
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• Cant
- (n.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
- (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
- (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.
- (n.) An outer or external angle.
- (v. i.) To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.
- (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
- (n.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
- (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
- (n.) A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
- (n.) 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.
- (v. t.) To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
- (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.
- (n.) A corner; angle; niche.
- (a.) Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
- (v. t.) to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.
- (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
- (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
- (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.
- (v. i.) To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.
- (n.) Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.
Synonyms:
Argot, Bank, Bevel, Beveled, Camber, Chamfer, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Pitch, Slang, Slant, Tilt, Vernacular,
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• Cant
- () A colloquial contraction for can not.
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you, dedicate, matter-of-fact, regurgitate, appliance, autistic, jam, hindi, fable, price tag, opacity, soapy, intertidal, prohibitive, transition, metaphor, homage, bung, elucidate, kibitz, blood count, embroidered, commodity exchange, insisting, stormy, receipt, inconspicuous, adenoids, circularize, how, coherently, doff, |
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Sparkle, Thank, Feel, You, Love, Kiss, Weaken, Be, Glitter, Blend, I, Do, Go, Dark, Abash, Slash, Boy, Shorten, Endure, Bride, Trend, Girl, Abbreviate, Dedicate, Romance, Father, Sparkling, Gash, Feeling, Run, Thanks, Abductor, |
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