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• v  recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
  The rabbi chanted a prayer
• v  utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
  The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
• s  sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone
  a chanted psalm

• The crowds burned tires, honked horns, waved peace signs and chanted, "Death to the dictators.
• In counterpoint to a thunderous 21-gun salute, thousands of Czechoslovaks chanted "Tito! Tito! Tito!" The route to the city was packed with thousands more, waving Yugoslav flags.
• And when he arrived in Kogelo last Saturday in a motorcade followed by camera crews and reporters, screaming crowds chanted his name, a praise singer catalogued his strengths .

• chant
• intone
• intonate
• cantillate
• tone

News & Articles

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• National Fuel’s rates won’t change, PSC rules
  Bongos thumped. Trumpets and trombones blared. Cowbells clanged. Signs swayed and voices chanted, carrying messages like, “Music belongs to eve... It’s time for Eric Holder to go, but for that to happen, something else needs to occur first: Rep. Darrell Issa needs to stop talking. The kook ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Buffalo News
• Huntress wins $3 million judgment against Amherst
  Bongos thumped. Trumpets and trombones blared. Cowbells clanged. Signs swayed and voices chanted, carrying messages like, “Music belongs to eve... It’s time for Eric Holder to go, but for that to happen, something else needs to occur first: Rep. Darrell Issa needs to stop talking. The kook ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Buffalo News
• Turkish protesters party in square despite ruling party call
  By Nick Tattersall and Jonathon Burch ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-government demonstrators chanted and sang in Istanbul's Taksim Square early on Thursday, defying an order to end almost two weeks of protests against Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. The deputy chairman of Erdogan's ruling AK Party, Huseyin Celik, said late on Wednesday that the protesters should withdraw ...
  June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Martin St Louis in 940 News
  I didn't expect that - it's very flattering,said St. Louis. "You don't get your name chanted like that too many times. It was overwhelming a little bit."
• Roger Federer in The Australian
  It started when I played the first semi-final against Nadal (2005). At the end of the match, people chanted my name and I was really moved because it was late and I had a break in the fourth set,said Federer. "All of a sudden I felt that...
• Phil Jackson in New York Times
  You feel badly. We have one appearance in Madison Square Garden, and people obviously look forward to this game,Jackson said. "Kobe last year was being chanted MVP on this court during the game. The crowd obviously likes him and likes to...