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chant
[ chant, chahnt ]
noun
- a short, simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
- a psalm, canticle, or the like, chanted or for chanting.
- the singing or intoning of all or portions of a liturgical service.
- any monotonous song.
- a song; singing:
the chant of a bird.
- a monotonous intonation of the voice in speaking.
- a phrase, slogan, or the like, repeated rhythmically and insistently, as by a crowd.
verb (used with object)
- to sing to a chant, or in the manner of a chant, especially in a church service.
- to sing.
- to celebrate in song.
- to repeat (a phrase, slogan, etc.) rhythmically and insistently.
verb (used without object)
- to sing.
- to utter a chant.
chant
/ tʃɑːnt /
noun
- a simple song or melody
- a short simple melody in which several words or syllables are assigned to one note, as in the recitation of psalms
- a psalm or canticle performed by using such a melody
- a rhythmic or repetitious slogan, usually spoken or sung, as by sports supporters, etc
- monotonous or singsong intonation in speech
verb
- to sing or recite (a psalm, prayer, etc) as a chant
- to intone (a slogan) rhythmically or repetitiously
- to speak or say monotonously as if intoning a chant
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Derived Forms
- ˈchantingly, adverb
- ˈchanting, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- chanta·ble adjective
- chanting·ly adverb
- half-chanted adjective
- un·chanted adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chant1
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Example Sentences
The owner of the original video of the “dead cops” chant told me it was taken on 32nd Street between 5th and Madison avenues.
The same night the “dead cops” chant was recorded, two police officers were attacked on the Brooklyn Bridge.
A car parked at a red light honked its horn in rhythm with the chant as the crowd passed in front of it.
Some of the marchers began to chant at the anarchists, reminding them that the movement is bigger than them.
Chant: Ve-al kulam, Eloha selichot, selach lanu, mechal lanu, kaper lanu.
L'Occision des chiens est accoste de la tabagie et de ce qui suyt la tabagie, du chant et des danses.
Hence also the word was particularly used to signify any complaint or lament, or a chant at the burial-service.
Without pausing in his chant—it happened to be one of triumph—without even looking at her, the leader indicated an empty chair.
The pathos of the chant almost made his listener shrink, so immediate and searching was it.
As for sounds, the silence was unbroken save by the chant of the telegraph wires and the crying of the plovers on the waste.
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