chantverb [ I or T ]
uk/tʃɑːnt/us/tʃænt/to repeat or sing a word or phrase continuously:
The crowd were chanting the team's name.
Demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans in the square.
to sing a religious prayer or song to a simple tune:
We could hear the monks chanting.
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Singing
- a cappella
- accompaniment
- accompany
- alto
- anthem
- barbershop
- dirge
- ditty
- diva
- duet
- elegy
- intonation
- jingle
- refrain
- sang
- septet
- serenade
- sextet
- shanty
- treble
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Saying again
chantnoun [ C ]
uk/tʃɑːnt/us/tʃænt/a word or phrase that is repeated many times:
The fans started to sing the familiar football chant, "Here we go, here we go, here we go!"
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Linguistics: sentences & expressions
- anagram
- catchphrase
- cliché
- cliché-ridden
- coin
- compound sentence
- concessive clause
- declarative sentence
- expression
- figure of speech
- fronting
- idiom
- mission statement
- nugget
- phrasing
- proverb
- relative clause
- simple sentence
- tail
- war cry
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