1 [C] words or phrases that a group of people shout or sing again and again:
The crowd broke into chants of 'Out! Out!' * football chants
2 [C,U] a religious song or prayer or a way of singing, using only a few notes that are repeated many times:
a Buddhist chant
seealsoGREGORIANCHANT
Part of speech: verb
1 to sing or shout the same words or phrases many times:
[VN] The crowd chanted their hero's name. * [V] A group of protesters, chanting and carrying placards, waited outside. * [Vspeech] 'Resign! Resign!' they chanted.
2 [V, VN] to sing or say a religious song or prayer using only a few notes that are repeated many times
chanting noun [U]:
The chanting rose in volume.
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