Cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group.

Cant, CANT or canting may also refer to:

Language

• Can't, the negative modal of possibility in English

• Canting arms, heraldic puns on the bearer's name

Languages

• Beurla Reagaird, spoken by Scottish Highland Travellers

• Cantonese (Cant.), spoken in southern China

• Scottish Cant, spoken by Scottish Lowland Travellers

• Shelta, spoken by Irish Travellers

• Thieves' cant, spoken by British criminals

People

• Cant (surname), a family name and list of people so named

• Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician) (stage name: CANT)

• University of Canterbury, New Zealand, post-nominally

Transport

• CANT (aviation), an Italian aircraft manufacturer (1923–1944; )

• Cant (road and rail), the slope across road or track

Other uses

• Cant (architecture), part of a facade

• Cant (log), a log partially processed in a sawmill

• Cant (shooting), tilting a gun around the longitudinal axis

• Canticle, a Christian song of praise

• Canting, a tool used in batik dyeing

See also

• Canté, a commune in Ariège, France

• Canticle

• Canter (disambiguation)

• Kant (disambiguation)

• Kante (disambiguation)