"canter" meaning in English

See canter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkæn.tə/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæn.tɚ/ [Canada, General-American], [ˈkɛən.tɚ] [Canada, General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canter.wav Forms: canters [plural]
Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ) Etymology: Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury. Head templates: {{en-noun}} canter (plural canters)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Horse gaits Translations (gait): daoulamm [masculine] (Breton), cval [masculine] (Czech), galop (english: both canter and gallop) [masculine] (Dutch), arbeidsgalop [masculine] (Dutch), laukka (Finnish), petit galop [masculine] (French), Kanter [masculine] (German), leichter Galopp [masculine] (German), galopp [masculine] (Norwegian), اشكین (eşkin) (Ottoman Turkish), galop [masculine] (Polish), кентер (kenter) [masculine] (Russian), medio galope [masculine] (Spanish), eşkin (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-canter-en-noun-LTibU4ac Disambiguation of Horse gaits: 33 8 7 8 19 25 Disambiguation of 'gait': 86 14
  2. A ride on a horse at such speed. Translations (ride): jízda cvalem (Czech), laukka (Finnish), galopp [masculine] (Norwegian), galop [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-canter-en-noun-Ux8TsZys Disambiguation of 'ride': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: counter-canter
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkæn.tə/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæn.tɚ/ [Canada, General-American], [ˈkɛən.tɚ] [Canada, General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canter.wav Forms: canters [plural]
Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ) Etymology: From cant + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cant|er|id2=agent noun}} cant + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} canter (plural canters)
  1. One who cants or whines; a beggar. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-canter-en-noun-Mmd~KVmY Disambiguation of People: 2 0 50 46 0 3
  2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-canter-en-noun-m5Jmc~Yb Disambiguation of People: 2 0 50 46 0 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈkæn.tə/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæn.tɚ/ [Canada, General-American], [ˈkɛən.tɚ] [Canada, General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canter.wav Forms: canters [present, singular, third-person], cantering [participle, present], cantered [participle, past], cantered [past]
Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ) Etymology: Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury. Head templates: {{en-verb}} canter (third-person singular simple present canters, present participle cantering, simple past and past participle cantered)
  1. (intransitive) To move at such pace. Tags: intransitive Translations (to gait): cválat [imperfective] (Czech), laukata (Finnish), galoppere (Norwegian), galopować (Polish)
    Sense id: en-canter-en-verb-NUWTjZbk Disambiguation of 'to gait': 56 44
  2. (transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-canter-en-verb-C-yWZDFo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 2 14 20 3 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 22 5 14 15 3 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 10 7 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 20 4 14 14 3 39 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 3 15 13 2 41 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 27 8 9 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 28 7 8 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 12 8 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 8 8 57 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 11 9 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 8 8 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 27 8 8 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 29 7 11 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 10 11 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 8 6 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 8 6 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 27 8 7 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: counter-canter, canterer, in a canter, at a canter
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "code": "br",
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      "sense": "gait",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "daoulamm"
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      "english": "both canter and gallop",
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      "sense": "gait",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galop"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "gait",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbeidsgalop"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "gait",
      "word": "laukka"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gait",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "petit galop"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gait",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kanter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gait",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leichter Galopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "gait",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "eşkin",
      "sense": "gait",
      "word": "اشكین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gait",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galop"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kenter",
      "sense": "gait",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кентер"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gait",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "medio galope"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gait",
      "word": "eşkin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ride",
      "word": "jízda cvalem"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ride",
      "word": "laukka"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "ride",
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      ],
      "word": "galopp"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ride",
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      ],
      "word": "galop"
    }
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        "To move at such pace."
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      "code": "cs",
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      "word": "cválat"
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      "sense": "to gait",
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "to gait",
      "word": "galoppere"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to gait",
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        "One who cants or whines; a beggar."
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          "text": "The days when he was a canter and a rebel.",
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          "text": "From lawn-sleeved ranters to kerbstone canters, From bishops to Army lasses.",
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