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chant

noun as in chorus of song

verb as in sing simple song or song part

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The owner of the original video of the “dead cops” chant told me it was taken on 32nd Street between 5th and Madison avenues.

The same night the “dead cops” chant was recorded, two police officers were attacked on the Brooklyn Bridge.

A car parked at a red light honked its horn in rhythm with the chant as the crowd passed in front of it.

Some of the marchers began to chant at the anarchists, reminding them that the movement is bigger than them.

Chant: Ve-al kulam, Eloha selichot, selach lanu, mechal lanu, kaper lanu.

L'Occision des chiens est accoste de la tabagie et de ce qui suyt la tabagie, du chant et des danses.

Hence also the word was particularly used to signify any complaint or lament, or a chant at the burial-service.

Without pausing in his chant—it happened to be one of triumph—without even looking at her, the leader indicated an empty chair.

The pathos of the chant almost made his listener shrink, so immediate and searching was it.

As for sounds, the silence was unbroken save by the chant of the telegraph wires and the crying of the plovers on the waste.

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On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chant, such as: hymn, mantra, melody, shout, singing, and tune.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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