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| 1. | [ noun ] stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | |
| Synonyms: | buzzword | |
| Related terms: | nonsense | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | |
| Synonyms: | argot jargon patois lingo vernacular slang | |
| Examples: | "they don't speak our lingo" |
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| Related terms: | non-standard_speech rhyming_slang street_name wog baby nervousness clean deck pile stuff built buy_it besotted corker some chuck hoof nosh-up square-bashing square bunfight bolshy mean guvnor caff pint-size can-do bite slam-bang bunk_off feel squeeze baloney folderol gat burnup freaky heist schlock cert shakedown boffin uncool out-and-outer schlockmeister bad_egg 'hood old_man good_egg airhead legs shakedown give drop-dead bitch juice bumf key juice niff slang | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (religion) insincere talk about religion or morals | |
| Synonyms: | pious_platitude | |
| Related terms: | talk | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (geography) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | |
| Synonyms: | bank camber | |
| Related terms: | slope camber | |
| 5. | [ verb ] heel over | |
| Synonyms: | tilt pitch slant cant_over | |
| Examples: | "The tower is tilting" "The ceiling is slanting" |
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| Related terms: | move cock bank pitch bevel tilter lean | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] having the slant of a bevel | |
| Synonyms: | beveled bevel | |
| Examples: | "a bevel edge" "a cant buttress" |
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| Related terms: | inclined | |
| 7. | [ noun ] two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | |
| Synonyms: | camfer chamfer bevel | |
| Related terms: | edge splay bevel | |
| Similar spelling: |
canty Cantu canto Cantey cannot Cannata can`t canute canned Canete Cannady canetti chant caimito |
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