chanting
chanting is the present participle and gerund of chant.
Meaning of chant
Verb
chant (third-person singular simple present chants, present participle chanting, simple past and past participle chanted)
- To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
- the cherefull birds of sundry kind / Do chaunt sweet musick, to delight his mind1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 3
- To sing or intone sacred text.
- To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
- The football fans chanted insults at the referee.
- To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
Noun
chanting (usually uncountable, plural chantings)
- Singing, especially as a chant is sung.
- I remember much chanting in church during my childhood.
- The Synod of Aberdeen forbade 'chantings and choruses' at funerals.
Forms of chanting
| plural | chantings |
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Origin of chanting
From Middle English chauntynge; equivalent to chant + -ing.
Words formed from chanting
Phrases with chanting
Questions about chanting
- What does chanting mean?
- Chanting means singing, especially as a chant is sung.
- What is chanting the present participle and gerund of?
- Chanting is the present participle and gerund of chant.
- What part of speech is chanting?
- Chanting is a noun.
- What is the plural of chanting?
- The plural of chanting is chantings.
Words near chanting in the dictionary
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