From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchantchant1 /tʃɑːnt $ tʃænt/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] 1 AGAINto repeat a word or phrase again and again protesters chanting anti-government slogans2 APMSINGto sing or say a religious song or prayer in a way that involves using only one note or tone a priest chanting the liturgy→ See Verb table
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chant• Protesters clapped and chanted.• She chanted aloud: now and at the hour of our death amen.• The old man continued to chant and Corbett suddenly felt more relaxed.• We could hear monks chanting as we entered the monastery.• You just sit on the ground, chant, douse yourself with gasoline and light a match.• DiMaggio came to the window as the crowd chanted, "Joe, Joe!"• Yet each year they continue to chant the get-tough mantra: more funding, more firepower and stiffer sanctions.• The priests and deacons chanted the liturgy that has barely changed in more than a thousand years.• He was there when the killers streamed down from the surrounding hills, chanting war cries.• I just hope they're chanting when we win the Championship.chantchant2 ●○○ noun [countable] 1 SINGwords or phrases that are repeated again and again by a group of people Others in the crowd took up the chant (=began chanting).chant of chants of ‘oh no, we won’t go’2 APMa regularly repeated tune, often with many words sung on one note, especially used for religious prayers —chanter noun [countable]Examples from the Corpus
chant• Between each song, a chant pushes up like a hushed inhale, murmuring from a hesitant corner.• Computer science is a bit like a Gregorian chant a one-line melody changing state within larger scale sections.• The music is as old as Gregorian chant and as fresh as a Disney soundtrack.• There's the Andamans, where they never talk, just converse entirely in song - a sort of chant.• Demonstrators blew whistles and screamed protest chants.• When was the last time you heard that chant in the Coliseum?• The chant was deafeningly clear from the outset.• Other examples of these chants are to be found in Chapter 5.Origin chant1 (1300-1400) Old French chanter “to sing”, from Latin cantare, from canere 