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chanting

chanting

19 3.4
Repeating words in a rhythmic musical voice
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃæntɪŋ/
translation icon : cántico
  • Singing, gurgling, humming, chanting because it stimulates your vocal cords.
  • chanting continues

Singing, gurgling, humming, chanting because it stimulates your vocal cords.

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Examples

  • Chanting is fun!

  • He couldn't start his speech because for minutes the crowd spontaneously were chanting USAUSAUSA.

  • They led the crowd in chanting his name before doing a song that works well.

  • So the entire crowd was chanting Waka Walker.

  • Angry crowds March through Paris, chanting down with Giseau.

  • Young men chanting I don't want to die for Putin.

  • He read it aloud and the crowd started chanting Lock her up.

  • Chanting, singing, drumming, dancing, and other bodily actions were critical to successful ceremonies and rituals.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The fans were chanting for their team to win the championship.

  • During the protest, the crowd was chanting slogans demanding justice.

Synonyms

singing
vschanting
251 1.0

To make music with your voice

is repetitive and rhythmic rather than melodic or tune based
droning
vschanting
8 6.5

A low, constant sound like insects or a machine

is rhythmic and repeated rather than continuous and unchanging
vocalizing
vschanting
2 4.4

Singing short exercises to warm and train the voice

is used for repeated rhythmic vocal speech rather than practice or training
intonation
vschanting
1 5.6

Singing or speaking in one steady, flat voice without change

is repeated and rhythmic rather than continuously monotone
chorusing
vschanting
4.8

A group singing or making the same sounds together

focuses on repeated rhythmic phrases rather than group unison

Antonyms

660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

How Rhythmic

singing
251 1.0
chanting
19 3.4
intoned
7.2
to recite
86 3.5
speaking
1.4

Surface Forms

chanting singular
chantings plural

Morphology

chanting = chant (transparent) = chant + ing

The noun is directly formed from the verb 'chant' with the nominalizing '-ing', meaning 'the act or process of chanting', which is clear to learners.

Etymology

Chanting comes from the old word chant, which comes from Latin cantare 'to sing'. So chanting is like singing the same short song or repeating words again and again with a steady beat.