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chimer

Variant of chime

noun

  1. a contrivance for striking a bell or set of bells
    1. a set of bells tuned to a musical scale
    2. a similar set of metal tubes, hung vertically and struck with a hammer
  2. a single bell rung by a hammer, as in a clock
  3. the musical sounds or harmony produced by or as by chimes
  4. harmony; agreement

intransitive verb chimed, chiming

  1. to ring out when struck; sound as a chime
  2. to sound in harmony, as bells
  3. to harmonize; agree

transitive verb

  1. to ring, play, or strike (a bell, set of bells, etc.)
  2. to make (music or sound) on chimes
  3. to give (the time) by striking bells
  4. to call, summon, etc. by sounding a chime

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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