Definition of chime Chime

/ʧajˈm/ - [chaym] - chime

We found 25 definitions of chime from 6 different sources.

What does chime mean?

Noun Plural: chimes
chime - a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
		bell, gong
		percussion instrument, percussive instrument a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
		carillon set of bells hung in a bell tower
Verb chimes, chiming, chimed
chime - emit a sound; "bells and gongs chimed"
		sound, go appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
		butt in, chime in, chisel in, barge in, cut in, break in, put in break into a conversation; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"

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chime (Noun)
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.
chime (Noun)
An individual ringing component of such a set.
chime (Noun)
A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
chime (Noun)
The sound of such an instrument or device.
chime (Noun)
A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
chime (Verb)
To make the sound of a chime.
chime (Verb)
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
chime (Verb)
To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
chime (Verb)
To agree; to correspond.

chime (n.)
See Chine, n., 3.
chime (n.)
The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
chime (n.)
A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.
chime (n.)
Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
chime (n.)
To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
chime (n.)
To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.
chime (n.)
To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with.
chime (n.)
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
chime (v. i.)
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
chime (v. i.)
To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

chime
chīm, n. the harmonious sound of bells or other musical instruments: agreement of sound or of relation: harmony: (pl.) a set of bells.—v.i. to sound in harmony: to jingle: to accord or agree: to rhyme.—v.t. to strike, or cause to sound in harmony: to say words over mechanically.—Chime in, to join in, in agreement; Chime in with, to agree, or fall in with. [M. E. chimbe, prob. O. Fr. cymbale—L. cymbalum, a cymbal.]
chime
Chimb, chīm, n. the rim formed by the ends of the staves of a cask: (naut.) a hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck. [Cog. with Dut. kim, Ger. kimme, edge.]

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