chant
chant
- n a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
- 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
- The Republican chant reverberated this summer from Anchorage to Miami: "Drill, baby, drill.
- Strangely, I found myself repeating the Hail Mary until it became a chant.
- Never before on the charts in 1,300 years, Gregorian chant has suddenly become America's newest pop-music phenomenon.