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chime
noun
- a contrivance for striking a bell or set of bells
- a set of bells tuned to a musical scale
- a similar set of metal tubes, hung vertically and struck with a hammer
- a single bell rung by a hammer, as in a clock
- the musical sounds or harmony produced by or as by chimes
- harmony; agreement
intransitive verb chimed, chiming
- to ring out when struck; sound as a chime
- to sound in harmony, as bells
- to harmonize; agree
transitive verb
- to ring, play, or strike (a bell, set of bells, etc.)
- to make (music or sound) on chimes
- to give (the time) by striking bells
- to call, summon, etc. by sounding a chime
Related Forms:
- chimer noun
noun
the extended rim at each end of a cask or barrel
See chime in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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