cant

cant has 27 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. A corner; angle; niche.
• n.. An outer or external angle.
• n.. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
• 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.
• n.. A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
• n.. A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
• n.. A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
• 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.
• v. t.. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
• v. t.. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
• n.. An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
• n.. The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.