canted

verblean, slant

Synonyms for canted

verb lean, slant

Antonyms for canted

straighten

Word Origin & History

"insincere talk," 1709, earlier it was slang for "whining of beggars" (1640s), from the verb in this sense (1560s), from Old North French canter (Old French chanter) "to sing, chant," from Latin cantare, frequentative of canere "to sing" (see chant (v.)). Sense in English developed after 1680 to mean the jargon of criminals and vagabonds, thence applied contemptuously by any sect or school to the phraseology of its rival.

Example Sentences for canted

Then he canted over to port and reached down into his pocket.

We were jolly glad you got canted out, though you are a bit of a mule.

With her extra canvas, the James was canted over perilously.

The rocket was canted slightly but, he thought, not dangerously so.

When I tried to get on the bed it canted over and deposited me on the floor.

McGowan again shifted his hat—this time he canted it on one side.

And they had such a horror of cant, that they canted on the other side.

She canted her head to one side and considered him with fearless blue eyes.

He had one of those long faces which invariably imply shrewdness, and he canted his head to one side while he watched Andy.

Jack had canted his head a little to one side, smiling faintly for the joy of the memory.

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