Definition of chimes Chimes
/ʧajˈmz/ - [chaymz] -
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What does chimes mean?
Wiktionary 
- chimes (Noun)
Plural of chime.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: chimes |
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| 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 | ||
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| 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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Wiktionary
- 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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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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chime
See CHINE.
