cant

cant
I 1. transitive verb
kippen; ankippen, kanten [Fass]

cant over — umkippen

2. intransitive verb
sich neigen
3. noun
(tilted position) Schräglage, die
II noun
1) (derog.): (language of class, sect, etc.) Kauderwelsch, das (abwertend)

thieves' cant — Rotwelsch, das

2) (insincere talk) scheinheiliges Gerede
* * *
see can I
* * *
cant1
[kænt]
n no pl
1. (hypocrisy) Heuchelei f, Scheinheiligkeit f; (pious talk) frömmlerisches [o scheinheiliges] Gerede
\cant phrases leere [o hohle] Phrasen
2. LING Jargon m, Fachsprache f, Kauderwelsch nt pej
thieves' \cant Gaunersprache f, Argot nt o m
cant2
[kænt]
I. n Schräge f, Abschrägung f, geneigte Fläche
II. vt
to \cant sth etw kippen [o schräg stellen
III. vi sich akk neigen [o auf die Seite legen]
to \cant sth over etw umkippen
can't
[kɑ:nt, AM kænt]
(fam) = cannot
* * *
I [knt]
n
1) (= hypocrisy) Heuchelei f, scheinheiliges or leeres Gerede
2) (= jargon) Jargon m, Kauderwelsch nt
II
1. n
(= tilt) Schräge f
2. vt
schräg stellen, kanten

the wind canted the boat — der Wind brachte das Boot zum Kippen

3. vi
schräg or schief sein, sich neigen; (boat) kippen
* * *
cant1 [kænt]
A s
1. Gewinsel n
2. Argot n/m, Jargon m, Bettler-, Gaunersprache f
3. Jargon m, Fach-, Zunftsprache f
4. fig Kauderwelsch n, Gewäsch n pej
5. Frömmelei f, frömmlerisches Gerede
6. (leere) Phrase(n pl):
the same old cant die alte Leier
B v/i
1. mit kläglicher Stimme reden
2. frömmeln, frömmlerisch reden
3. Jargon reden
4. Phrasen dreschen
cant2 [kænt]
A s
1. Schrägung f, geneigte Fläche (eines Vielecks etc)
2. Neigung f
3. plötzlicher Ruck, Stoß m
B v/t
1. schräg legen, kanten, kippen:
cant over umstürzen, umkippen
2. TECH abschrägen
C v/i auch cant over
a) sich neigen, sich auf die Seite legen,
b) umkippen
* * *
I 1. transitive verb
kippen; ankippen, kanten [Fass]

cant over — umkippen

2. intransitive verb
sich neigen
3. noun
(tilted position) Schräglage, die
II noun
1) (derog.): (language of class, sect, etc.) Kauderwelsch, das (abwertend)

thieves' cant — Rotwelsch, das

2) (insincere talk) scheinheiliges Gerede
* * *
v.
kippen v.
verkanten v.

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