cant
Because it is a word with a single syllable, cant is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofcant
- An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
Example: "He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger."
- A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
- A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
- Empty, hypocritical talk.
Example: "People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely cant."
- Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
- 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.
- A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
- To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
- To speak in set phrases.
- To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
- Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
- To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
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