Chant

Quick meaning: Chant is a verb meaning To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

Meaning

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

More Meanings

1. To sing or intone sacred text.
2. To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
3. (transitive, archaic) To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
4. Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
5. (music) A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
6. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
7. A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.

Example Sentences

His strange face, his strange chant.

The football fans chanted insults at the referee.

the cherefull birds of sundry kind / Do chaunt sweet musick, to delight his mind

On their way to Parliament Square, the demonstrators chanted slogans, sang the Hungarian national anthem, and waved banners and Hungarian flags (minus the hated Communist emblem).

Word Forms

• chants
• chanting
• chanted
• chaunt

Synonyms for chant

Depending on context, synonyms include cantillate, intone, intonate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cantillate, intonate, intone, plainsong, singing, sing.

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