slant

[ slant, slahnt ]

/ slænt, slɑnt /

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verb (used without object)

to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.

to have or be influenced by a subjective point of view, bias, personal feeling or inclination, etc. (usually followed by toward).

verb (used with object)

to cause to slope.

to distort (information) by rendering it unfaithfully or incompletely, especially in order to reflect a particular viewpoint: He slanted the news story to discredit the Administration.

to write, edit, or publish for the interest or amusement of a specific group of readers: a story slanted toward young adults.

noun

slanting or oblique direction; slope: the slant of a roof.

a slanting line, surface, etc.

virgule.

a mental leaning, bias, or distortion: His mind shows a curious slant.

viewpoint; opinion; attitude: Let him give you his slant.

Informal. a glance or look.

Also called angle. Journalism. the particular mood or vein in which something is written, edited, or published: His column always has a humorous slant.

Football.

an offensive play in which the ball-carrier runs toward the line of scrimmage at an angle.
Also called slant-in. a pass pattern in which a receiver cuts diagonally across the middle of the field.

Also called slant-eye

[slant-ahy, slahnt-ahy] /ˈslæntˌaɪ, ˈslɑntˌaɪ/. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person from East Asia, especially a Chinese or Japanese person.

adjective

sloping; oblique: a slant roof; a slant approach.

Nearby words

slang dictionary, slanging match, slanguage, slangy, slank, slant, slant board, slant culture, slant front, slant height, slant rhyme

Origin of slant

First recorded in 1485–95; aphetic variant of aslant

SYNONYMS FOR slant

1 lean, incline. See slope.

6 incline, inclination, pitch, obliquity, obliqueness.

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Related formsslant·ing·ly, slant·ly, adverbun·slant·ed, adjectiveun·slant·ing, adjective

Usage note

See slant-eyed.

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Examples from the Web for slant

Emily Dickinson famously wrote, “Tell the truth but tell it slant.”
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American literature seems to want for authors of a Republican slant.
The Search for Serious Literary Fiction for Republicans|James McGirk|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Democratic slant extends to those receiving federal unemployment benefits.
What Romney Gets Right About the 47 Percent|Alex Klein|September 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Several Libyan political factions have their own local political reasons to slant what happened on the night Stevens was killed.
Libya Attack Mystery: Premeditated by Al Qaeda or Spontaneous?|Jamie Dettmer|September 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST

In 2009, I wrote a piece for Newsweek about Berlusconi's move to "shut up" the press with a "kill the messenger" slant.
My Ordeal Reporting Sexism Truth|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Mikado tilted his cigar up to a level with the slant eyes of his mask, and laughed.
The Chase of the Golden Plate|Jacques Futrelle
Evidently they do not cut a straight line from the farm, but slant a little, unless our reckoning was a bit off.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers|Claude A. Labelle
In cutting, slant the chisel or gouge outwards at an angle of 45, thus /.
A Manual of Wood Carving|Charles G. Leland
The flakes no longer came saunteringly, but swiftly now, in a slant of honest fervor, frankly threatening.
Ewing\'s Lady|Harry Leon Wilson
There was not a house in sight, except far to the left, where she could just discern the slant of a barn roof through the trees.
The Debtor|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for slant

slant

/ (slɑːnt) /

verb

to incline or be inclined at an oblique or sloping angle

(tr) to write or present (news, etc) with a bias

(intr foll by towards) (of a person's opinions) to be biased

noun

an inclined or oblique line or direction; slope

a way of looking at something

a bias or opinion, as in an article

a less technical name for solidus

on a slant or on the slant sloping

adjective

oblique, sloping

Derived Formsslanting, adjectiveslantingly or slantly, adverb

Word Origin for slant

C17: short for aslant, probably of Scandinavian origin

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Word Origin and History for slant (1 of 2)

slant

1520s, "to strike obliquely" (against something), alteration of slenten "slip sideways" (c.1300), perhaps via a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish slinta "to slip," Norwegian slenta "to fall on one side"), from Proto-Germanic *slintanan. Intransitive sense of "to slope, to lie obliquely" is first recorded 1690s; transitive sense of "to give a sloping direction to" is from 1805. Related: Slanted; slanting. As an adverb from late 15c.; as an adjective from 1610s. Slant rhyme attested from 1944.

Word Origin and History for slant (1 of 2)

slant

1650s, "an oblique direction or plane" (originally of landforms), from slant (v.). Meaning "a way of regarding something" is from 1905. Derogatory slang sense of "a slant-eyed Asian person" is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant-eyes (1929).

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