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chaunting

chaunting is the present participle and gerund of chaunt.

chaunting is the obsolete form of chanting.

Meaning of chanting

Noun

chanting (usually uncountable, plural chantings)

  1. (usually) Singing, especially as a chant is sung.
    • I remember much chanting in church during my childhood.

Forms of chaunting

pluralchauntings

Questions about chaunting

What is chaunting the present participle and gerund of?
Chaunting is the present participle and gerund of chaunt.

Words near chaunting in the dictionary

  1. chauns
  2. chaunt
  3. chaunted
  4. chaunter
  5. chaunters
  6. chaunting
  7. chauntings
  8. chauntries
  9. chauntry
  10. chaunts
  11. chaupal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chaunting (page history and authors); chanting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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