0 an occasion when a group of people make the sound that monkeys make, as a way of insulting a black person, especially a black player at a sports game: --
'I've had the monkey chants and similar stuff all over Europe,' he said.
These players have battled against ignorance and hate, and helped bring about an environment where the monkey chant is rare at a football ground.
When the monkey chants started polluting the air, he refused to let his emotions show.