CHANT


Meaning of CHANT in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

chant slogans (= repeat slogans in a regular way )

Dozens of demonstrators waved banners and chanted slogans.

fans chant sth

England fans chanted his name.

Gregorian chant

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

name

Crowds chanted the name of their new hero.

The Prime Minister belched into a lace handkerchief and began speaking over the slow chanting of his name .

The girls spend most of their time chanting the builders' names and showing them things they have no interest in.

The fans chanted his name for the first time in recent memory.

They were actually chanting his name .

He squeezed it between his fingers and softly chanted her name . 9 Rico?

Dublin has certainly become the new hero on the terraces, as the travelling fans chanted his name at the end.

slogan

Waving placards and chanting slogans , about 100 of his associates did their best to annoy the Republicans.

The names being read by demonstrators were clear enough ftom here, as was the more generalized mass chanting of various slogans .

Twenty-five pickets held signs and chanted anti-embargo slogans .

word

Listen, listen - it learns a new language, chanting strange words again and again.

■ VERB

begin

The boy appeared skeptical, but then began to chant the aleph-bet, over and over again.

The old woman began to chant .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

DiMaggio came to the window as the crowd chanted, "Joe, Joe!"

Protesters clapped and chanted.

We could hear monks chanting as we entered the monastery.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He was there when the killers streamed down from the surrounding hills, chanting war cries.

I just hope they're chanting when we win the Championship.

She chanted aloud: now and at the hour of our death amen.

The old man continued to chant and Corbett suddenly felt more relaxed.

The priests and deacons chanted the liturgy that has barely changed in more than a thousand years.

Yet each year they continue to chant the get-tough mantra: more funding, more firepower and stiffer sanctions.

You just sit on the ground, chant , douse yourself with gasoline and light a match.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

gregorian

When he was about half-way he paused and whistled loudly like a blackbird that was attempting a Gregorian chant .

The music is as old as Gregorian chant and as fresh as a Disney soundtrack.

He excelled in music and is one of the originators of Gregorian chants and the liturgical sequences.

Computer science is a bit like a Gregorian chant a one-line melody changing state within larger scale sections.

Some of the allure is a residue of the Gregorian chant mania of a few years ago.

■ VERB

hear

When was the last time you heard that chant in the Coliseum?

In the wind and cold I could almost hear her chants and gongs, and smell her incense burning.

For a moment, I thought I heard a strange pagan chant of ` Kill the goat!

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Demonstrators blew whistles and screamed protest chants.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Between each song, a chant pushes up like a hushed inhale, murmuring from a hesitant corner.

Computer science is a bit like a Gregorian chant a one-line melody changing state within larger scale sections.

Other examples of these chants are to be found in Chapter 5.

The chant was deafeningly clear from the outset.

The music is as old as Gregorian chant and as fresh as a Disney soundtrack.

There's the Andamans, where they never talk, just converse entirely in song - a sort of chant .

When was the last time you heard that chant in the Coliseum?

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