What does canter mean in Scotland?

Gerry Cinnamon has shared the official audio for his Canter single this week, which he confirmed means "easy peasy" to Scots.
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What does Canter mean in slang?

(Entry 1 of 3) : one who uses cant: such as. a : beggar, vagabond. b : a user of professional or religious cant.
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What does Canter mean in Glasgow?

“Canter just means easy. It's the Glaswegian definition of an equestrian term.
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What does belter mean in Scottish slang?

Belter - What it usually means: A loud, forceful singer. Meaning in Glasgow: Amazing.
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What does bra mean in Scottish?

1 chiefly Scotland : good, fine.
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What do Scots call boys?

laddie - A boy or young man (Aye, laddie!)
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How do you say my love in Scottish?

Scottish Gaelic terms of endearment
  1. mo ghràdh - my love.
  2. mo chridhe - my heart.
  3. mo leannan - my lover, my sweetheart.
  4. m'eudail - my darling, my dear.
  5. a thasgaidh - my darling, my dear.
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What does roaster mean in Scotland?

(Scotland, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; somebody making a fool of themselves.
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What is a belter in British slang?

belter in British English

(ˈbɛltə ) noun informal. 1. an event, person, quality, etc, that is admirable, outstanding, or thrilling. a real belter of a match.
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What does patched mean in Scotland?

20. Patch - What it usually means: A piece of cloth used to mend a torn piece of clothing. Meaning in Scotland: To ignore someone.
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What does grafting mean in Scotland?

Grafting. Kem and Amber on Love Island (Image: ITV) Scottish slang meaning a guy who is trying to get a girl to like him. A bit like flirting. Can be shortened to "graft" or "g-rafting".
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What is another word for canter?

In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for canter, like: gallop, run, jog, vagabond, lunge, lope, trot, drifter, whiner, mawworm and pace.
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Why is Gerry cinnamon called Cinnamon?

Born Gerard Crosbie in Glasgow in October 1984 and raised mostly in Castlemilk and mainly by his mother, Cinnamon's stage name comes from The Cinnamons, the short-lived band he fronted in the late Noughties with friend and fellow Castlemilk boy Chris Marshall.
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What do Scots call a baby?

Bairn is a Scottish or Northern English word for child.
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What is a Scottish kiss?

Glasgow kiss (plural Glasgow kisses) (Britain, euphemistic, humorous) A sharp, sudden headbutt to the nose, usually resulting in a broken nose.
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Where did the word canter come from?

As a verb, canter means to ride at the pace of a canter, which is a pretty easy rate of speed. In fact, the word comes from the phrase "Canterbury gallop" because in the Middle Ages people used to travel to the cathedral in Canterbury, England to visit the tomb of St. Thomas Becket.
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What does belter mean in Ireland?

A belter, in the context of traditional Irish music, is a tune that is the musical equivalent of Chuck Norris.
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What is the belter accent?

Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos. And every choice Farmer makes about new inclusions affects the world-building of the show.
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What is a melter?

(ˈmeltər) 1. a person or thing that melts. 2. a person in charge of a steelmaking furnace.
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What does Dobber mean in Scotland?

dobber (plural dobbers) Alternative form of dauber (“marker pen used for bingo cards”) quotations ▼ (UK, derogatory) A member of the working class in Scotland or Ireland who is seen as undereducated, with poor taste, especially in clothes, and poor social skills; closely connected to chav.
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What does Rocket mean in Scotland?

This phrase meaning 'go away' – 'Rocket' Is also a word used in Glasgow to call someone an idiot or daft.
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What does Govan mean in Scottish?

habitational name from Govan near Glasgow, first recorded c. 1134 as Guven, possibly meaning 'place of the smith', although more recently a Cumbric word gir 'hill' has been suggested. from a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac a'Ghobhainn 'son of the smith', from gobha 'smith'.
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How do you say beautiful in Scottish?

Female | A quintessential Scottish name that will never go out of fashion, Bonnie is the Scots word for beautiful, pretty, stunning and attractive.
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What is Scottish for sweetheart?

This word is a Scots variant of 'joy', and can mean a sweetheart or lover, or be a term of endearment akin to 'dear' or 'darling'.
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