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Added 8 October 2026

slant

/ˈslɑːnt/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about slant at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A slope; an incline, inclination.
The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
A sloped surface or line.
A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.

verb

To lean, tilt or incline.
If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
To bias or skew.
a magazine slanted toward the youth market
To lie or exaggerate.

adjective

Sloping; oblique; slanted.

Origin

Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.

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