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How to pronounce “cant”
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Pronunciation guide for cant
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of cant with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- What if You Could Sing in Your Favorite Musician's Voice?
and you just heard her perform “El Cant de la Sibilla,”
- Definition summary
- (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
Example 1 of 2
How to pronounce cant
What if You Could Sing in Your Favorite Musician's Voice?
and you just heard her perform “El Cant de la Sibilla,”
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “cant”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (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.
- A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
- (uncountable, derogatory) Empty, hypocritical talk.
- (uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
- (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.
- (obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
- (intransitive) To speak in set phrases.
- (intransitive) To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
- (intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
- (obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
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