About The Word Canter
Learn about the word Canter to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Canter definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Canter
| Canter Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Canter?
[n] a smooth 3-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
[v] ride at a canter; "The men cantered away" [v] ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the meadow" [v] go at a canter, of horses Synonyms | Synonyms for Canter: lope Related Terms | Find terms related to Canter: affecter | amble | bound | bum | burst | burst of speed | canting hypocrite | caracole | curvet | dash | dead run | derelict | dissembler | dissimulator | dogtrot | drifter | fair-weather friend | false friend | flank speed | flat-out speed | forced draft | formalist | fox-trot | frisk | full gallop | gallop | get | git | go on horseback | hack | hand gallop | headlong rush | heavy right foot | high lope | hightail | hobo | Holy Willie | hop | hop along | hotfoot | hypocrite | jog trot | Joseph Surface | leap | lip server | lip worshiper | lope | make tracks | Mawworm | maximum speed | mealymouth | mount | open throttle | pace | Pecksniff | Pharisee | phony | piaffe | pietist | pious fraud | plunge | poser | prance | race | ranter | religionist | religious hypocrite | ride bareback | ride hard | run | rush | sanctimonious fraud | scamper | scud | scurry | scuttle | sniveler | snuffler | spiritual humbug | spring | sprint | spurt | step | step along | step lively | street arab | summer soldier | take horse | Tartuffe | tittup | tramp | trip | trot | vag | vagrant | whited sepulcher | wide-open speed See Also | gait | pace | ride | ride horseback | sit Canter In Webster's Dictionary \Can"ter\, n. [An abbreviation of Caner bury. See
Canterbury gallop, under {Canterbury}.]
1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
Note: The canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first
extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be
produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit,
which compels him to throw a great part of his weight
on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in
the mode adopted by different horses for performing the
canter, that no single description will suffice, nor
indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them. --J.
H. Walsh.
2. A rapid or easy passing over.
A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics.
--Sir J.
Stephen.
\Can"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cantering}.] To move in a canter. \Can"ter\, v. t. To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter. \Cant"er\, n. 1. One who cants or whines; a beggar. 2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. The day when he was a canter and a rebel. --Macaulay. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Galician ‐ the dialect of Portuguese (sometimes regarded as a dialect of…
- Militarism ‐ aggressiveness that involves the threat of using…
- Gallop ‐ a fast gait of a horse; a two-beat stride during which all four…
- Eastern roman empire ‐ a continuation of the Roman Empire in the East after AD 330 when…
- Ironic ‐ characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between…
- Japanese barberry ‐ compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries; widespread…
- Cambodian ‐ a native or inhabitant of Cambodia [adj] of or relating to or…
- Fix-it shop ‐ a shop specializing in repairs and…
- Liverish ‐ irritable as if suffering from indigestion [adj] suffering from…
- Sheet pile ‐ a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth…