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chant

verb [I or T]
 
 
/tʃɑːnt/ US  /tʃænt/

Definition

to repeat or sing a word or phrase continuously: The crowd were chanting the name of their football team. Demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans in the square.Singing in generalSaying againSaying and uttering to sing a religious prayer or song to a simple tune: We could hear the monks chanting.
(Definition of chant verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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