chant

Universal Words noun, verb noun 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 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.