<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.</li><li>the private language of the underworld.</li><li>the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.: the cant of the fashion industry.</li><li>whining or singsong speech, especially of beggars.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to talk hypocritically.</li><li>to speak in the whining or singsong tone of a beggar; beg.</li></ul>