Canter
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English
Noun
Canter (plural Canters)- A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
- A ride on a horse at such speed.
Verb
Canter (third-person singular simple present Canters, present participle Cantering, simple past and past participle Cantered)
- To move at such pace.
Adjectives for Canter
clumsy; brisk; undeniable; preliminary.
Adverbs for Canter
clumsily; briskly; carelessly; steadily; spiritedly; half-heartedly; unevenly; monotonously; jouncingly; pleasurably; lazily.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
gallop, get, git, go on horseback, hack, hand gallop, headlong rush, heavy right foot, high lope, hightail, hobo, hop, hop along, hotfoot, hypocrite, jog trot, leap, lip server, lip worshiper, lope, make tracks, maximum speed, mealymouth, mount, open throttle, pace, 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, tittup, tramp, trip, trot, vag, vagrant, whited sepulcher, wide-open speed, 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,
Etymology
Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkæntə(r)/
- Rhymes: -æntə(r)
