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Definition of chantnext
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as in to sing
to utter in musical or drawn out tones the frustrated crowd at the rock concert started to chant, "We want the show to start!"

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as in to vocalize
to produce musical sounds with the voice monks chanting fervently at matins

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noun

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Verb
During one protest outside a synagogue in Queens, activists chanted pro-Hamas remarks. CBS News, 28 May 2026 But the home side’s chanting and cheering were quickly muted in the 50th minute when Sarasota midfielder Chandler O’Dwyer curled a shot from 20 yards out into the top right corner of Boise’s net. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2026
Noun
Dart led the crowd in a chant before bringing the president on stage. Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026 But the group faced widespread backlash, as well, particularly the choice of melody for the chant. Miami Herald, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for chant
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  • Our mother, who had annoyed me deeply throughout most of my life, managed something so heroic that there should have been songs written about her to be sung around campfires by Girl Scouts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • The machine’s repertoire included answers to 12 riddles, passages from books, and laughing, crying and kissing sounds, as well as arias sung in both male and female voices—all feats that Edison’s phonograph would one day be able to accomplish by recording and playing back the human voice.
    Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • The ghost called Sidhangana, who acts as chorus, is the rainbow.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026
  • But when performed live by the E Street Band, the song flips from black and white to technicolor, with Springsteen opening the song solo acoustic and the band swinging in on the chorus.
    Caryn Rose, Variety, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • In April 2019, Williams shared a nostalgic video of the two serenading her daughter Rowan with a Cheetah Girls hit-turned-lullaby via FaceTime.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
  • Say, for instance, a fluffy Sasquatch, or a crooner of a moon in pajamas singing an old-timey lullaby to all the little ones seated cross-legged on the floor.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Scrolling SoundCloud the other week, I was reminded of the Blackberry arguments, email apologies, and voicemail serenades of the Heartbreak Drake era.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
  • Elsewhere around the state, Patrick’s serenade of Kat was filmed at Seattle Center.
    Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Emotionally cornered and spiritually exhausted, Anatoly at last lets everything rupture to the surface, sustaining the anthem's climactic note for over 20 seconds.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
  • Steely-eyed with their pinkies locked, a girl-power anthem crescendoing behind them.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • Latin polyphony and motets are being sung at the Offertory and during the distribution of Holy Communion.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 June 2025
  • The service and concert will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the church, 815 S. Washington St. Castle Singers are vocalists who perform a variety of chamber repertoire, varying from Renaissance madrigals and motets to contemporary pop and vocal jazz.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But, as with effectively a new group needing to gel, time was always going to be required for heroes to emerge and inspire terrace chants to replace or supplement the ditties to ‘Super Paul Mullin’, ‘White Pele’ (Elliot Lee) et al.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • All the more reason to keep this bouncy ditty on loop.
    Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Oh, there were so many birds in the sky—flipped with glee when a referee called offside and overturned a Celtic FC goal in front of a frenzied crowd of 50,000 on a chilly, overcast day at Glasgow's Ibrox Stadium.
    Laura Dannen Redman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
  • There’s an element of sadistic, John Simonesque glee to his attacks on the personal appearances of actors.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

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“Chant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chant. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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