Definitions for canters

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canters can·ter

Spelling: [kan-ter]

IPA: /ˈkæn tər/

Canters is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 347 anagrams from letters in canters (acenrst).

Definitions for canters

noun

1. an easy gallop.
2. a person who is much given to the use of cant.
3. a salient angle.
4. a sudden movement that tilts or overturns a thing.
5. a slanting or tilted position.
6. an oblique line or surface, as one formed by cutting off the corner of a square of cube.
7. an oblique or slanting face of anything.
8. Civil Engineering. bank1 (def 6).
9. a sudden pitch or toss.
10. Also called flitch. a partly trimmed log.

adjective

1. oblique or slanting.
2. hearty; merry.

verb (used with object)

1. to bevel; form an oblique surface upon.
2. to put in an oblique position; tilt; tip.
3. to throw with a sudden jerk.

verb (used without object)

1. to take or have an inclined position; tilt; turn.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to move or ride at a canter.

Origin of canters

First recorded in 1745-55; short for Canterbury to ride at a pace like that of Canterbury pilgrims

Examples for canters

Caroline, with a movement of impatience, put her horse into a canter.

Look also, canter says, at what happened in Montana and North Dakota in 2012.

This is where I was a little less impressed by the things canter had to say.

canter acknowledges that the Democrats talk about “field” in every off-year election.

I had intended asking you to join me in a canter over the country.

“This race is going to surprise a lot of people,” says canter.

canter says the operations in those 10 states will look like this.

That's why I have Dutchy take him out on a country road and canter him.

Captain Smith affected a cough, and put his brown mare into a canter.

The party who were to go were soon in the saddle, and they started off at a canter.