cant

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kænt/

Noun

countable usually uncountable derogatory obsolete

(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. / (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

Japanese Meaning

特定の階層やサブグループが使用する専門用語、隠語、または業界固有の言葉遣い。 / 宗教団体、ギャングなど特定の集団が使用する、秘密の又は限定的な言語。

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The smugglers' cant confused the new recruit, who struggled to follow their coded instructions.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

密輸業者の隠語は新入りを混乱させ、彼は彼らの暗号めいた指示についていけなかった。

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Sense（1）

(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

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

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Sense（2）

(countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

Sense（3）

A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.

Sense（4）

(uncountable, derogatory) Empty, hypocritical talk.

He is too well grounded for all your philoſophical Cant to hurt.

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Sense（5）

(uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.

Sense（6）

(countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.

Sense（7）

(obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.

[…]but numbers of these tenants or their descendants are now offering to sell their leases by cant,

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cants

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