SALTANT

Definitions: SALTANT

SALTANT

Verb

1. In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.

2. Leaping; jumping; dancing.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "SALTANT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1827. (references)

Etymology: Saltant \Sal"tant\, adjective. [Latin expression saltans, present participle of saltare to dance, intensive verb from salire to leap: compare to the French expression sautant. See Sally, verb.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: SALTANT

Etymologies containing "SALTANT": saltate, Saltatory. (references)

Language		Translations for "SALTANT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Greek		πηδών (caperer, skipper, springer), πηδητικόσ (saltatory). (various references)

Pig Latin		altantsay.(various references)

Turkish		sıçramaya benzeyen. (various references)

Vietnamese		nhảy múa, nhảy (skippingly). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Words rhyming with "SALTANT" (pronounced 'Sal"tant'): Amplectant, Blatant, Distant, Dotant, Equidistant, Extant, Flotant, Gestant, humectant, important, Inequidistant, Lactant, Montant, Natant, Nutant, Octant, Pregustant, reluctant, Remontant, Reptant, Restant, Sectant, self-important, sextant, Spectant, statant, supernatant. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: alants, aslant, statal.
	-2 letters: alans, alant, anlas, antas, atlas, nasal, natal, slant, talas.
	-3 letters: aals, alan, alas, alts, anal, anas, ansa, anta, ants, last, lats, salt, slat, stat, tala, tans, tats.
	-4 letters: aal, aas, ala, als, alt, ana, ant, att, las, lat, sal, sat, tan, tas, tat.
	-5 letters: aa, al, an, as, at, la, na, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: atlantes, tantalus.
	+2 letters: alterants, atonalist, dilatants, pantalets, postnatal, saltation, stational, sultanate, tantalise, tantalums, tarlatans, tarletans, translate.
	+3 letters: alternates, atonalists, battalions, lactations, lovastatin, natalities, naturalist, saltations, salutation, stagnantly, sultanates, talkathons, tantalates, tantalised, tantalises, tantalites, tantalizes, tantaluses, tarantulas, transeptal, translated, translates, translator, transplant.
	+4 letters: adulterants, alterations, alternators, antirealist, atonalities, cantillates, dilatations, exaltations, fantastical, floatations, gestational, insatiately, italianates, lovastatins, nationalist, naturalists, palatinates, pantalettes, paternalist, plantations, pleasantest, postnatally, rationalist, rattlesnake, retranslate, salutations, situational, stagflation, stalemating, statesmanly, strangulate, substantial, syntactical, tabulations, tantalising, tantalizers, tarantellas, topgallants, translating, translation, translative, translators, translatory, translocate, transmittal, transplants.
	+5 letters: acetylations, adjustmental, agglutinates, altercations, alternations, alternatives, anecdotalist, anelasticity, anticatalyst, antirealists, antiroyalist, auscultating, auscultation, battlewagons, blastulation, contrastable, cryptanalyst, entablatures, gastrulating, gastrulation, gratulations, installation, intercalates, intercoastal, interstadial, lamentations, matriculants, mistranslate, nationalists, naturalistic, palpitations, paternalists, postneonatal, rationalists, rattlebrains, rattlesnakes, retaliations, retranslated, retranslates, salutational, salutatorian, salvationist, stagflations, stainability, stalwartness, strangulated, strangulates, substantials, substantival, transitional, translatable, translations, translocated, translocates, transmittals, transmutable, transnatural, transplanted, transplanter, transvaluate, triangulates, ultradistant, untranslated, utilitarians.
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