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Definition of 'chime'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) cymbalum'' (perhaps via (etyl) ''chimbe ).
Noun
( en-noun)
(musical instruments) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes .
- Sylvia had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.
- Hugo was a chime player in the school orchestra.
An individual ringing component of such a set.
- Peter removed the C
- chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
- The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.
The sound of such an instrument or device.
- The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
- Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.
Derived terms
* chimist
Synonyms
( Synonyms)
* alarm
* bell
* buzz
* buzzer
* carillon
* clapper
* curfew
* dinger
* ding-dong
* gong
* peal
* ringer
* siren
* tintinnabulum
* tocsin
* toll
* vesper
( der-bottom)
Verb
( chim)
To make the sound of a chime.
- The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
- I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
* Dryden
- And chime their sounding hammers.
To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
* Byron
- Chime his childish verse.
To agree; to correspond.
- The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
* Washington Irving
- Everything chimed in with such a humor.
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
- (Cowley)
Derived terms
* chime in, chime up
Etymology 2
See chimb.
Anagrams
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