chant
chant
(chănt) noun
1.
Music. a. A short, simple melody in which a number of syllables or words are sung on or intoned to the same note. b. A canticle or prayer sung or intoned in this manner. c. A song or melody.
2. A monotonous rhythmic call or shout, as of a slogan: the chant of the crowd at the rally.
verb
chanted
, chanting, chants
verb
, transitive
1.
Music. To sing or intone to a chant: chant a prayer.
2. Music. To celebrate in song: chanting a hero's deeds.
3. To say in the manner of a chant: chanted defiant slogans.
verb
, intransitive
1.
Music. To sing, especially in the manner of a chant: chanted while a friend jumped rope.
2. To speak monotonously.
[Probably from French, song, from Old French, from Latin cantus from past participle of canere, to sing V., from Middle English chaunten, to sing, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre frequentative of canere.]
chant
ʹingly adverb