Chime Definition

chīm
chimed, chimes, chiming
noun
chimes
A contrivance for striking a bell or set of bells.
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A set of bells tuned to a musical scale.
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A similar set of metal tubes, hung vertically and struck with a hammer.
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A single bell rung by a hammer, as in a clock.
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The musical sounds or harmony produced by or as by chimes.
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verb
chimed, chimes, chiming
To ring out when struck; sound as a chime.
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To sound in harmony, as bells.
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To ring, play, or strike (a bell, set of bells, etc.)
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To harmonize; agree.
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To give (the time) by striking bells.
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idiom
chime in
  • to join in or interrupt a conversation
  • to agree
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Other Word Forms of Chime

Noun

Singular:
chime
Plural:
chimes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Chime

Origin of Chime

  • Middle English chimb from Old English cim-, cimb- (in cimstānas bases of a pillar) (and cimbing jointing) gembh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English chimbe (belle) from Old French variant of cimble cymbal from Latin cymbalum cymbal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin cymbalum (perhaps via Old French chimbe).

    From Wiktionary

  • See chimb.

    From Wiktionary

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