CANTS

5 letters 7 Scrabble points

Definition of CANTS

noun

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

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

    Synonyms: argot jargon slang

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

    Synonyms: argot jargon slang

  3. A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.

Related words: argot jargon slang argot jargon slang
verb

  1. To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.

  2. To speak in set phrases.

  3. To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.

noun

  1. Side, edge, corner, niche.

    "Under the cant of a hill."

  2. Slope, the angle at which something is set.

  3. A corner (of a building).

    Synonyms: corner
Related words: bevel slope tilt corner
verb

  1. To set (something) at an angle.

    "to cant a cask; to cant a ship"

  2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to.

    "to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football"

  3. To bevel an edge or corner.

noun

  1. A parcel, a division.

verb

  1. To divide or parcel out.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters C A N T S
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 7 points

Anagrams of CANTS

Words that use the same letters:

CANST SANCT SCANT

Words Containing "CANTS"

APPLICANTS COMMUNICANTS COSECANTS DECANTS DESCANTS DESICCANTS DISCANTS EXSECANTS IMPLICANTS INCANTS INDICANTS INTOXICANTS LUBRICANTS MENDICANTS NONINTOXICANTS RECANTS SCANTS SECANTS SIGNIFICANTS SUPPLICANTS

Words Ending with "CANTS"

APPLICANTS COMMUNICANTS COSECANTS DECANTS DESCANTS DESICCANTS DISCANTS EXSECANTS IMPLICANTS INCANTS INDICANTS INTOXICANTS LUBRICANTS MENDICANTS NONINTOXICANTS RECANTS SCANTS SECANTS SIGNIFICANTS SUPPLICANTS