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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chime1 /tʃaɪm/USA pronunciation n., v., chimed, chim•ing. n. - Music and DanceOften, chimes. [plural]
- a set of bells producing musical tones when struck.
- Music and Dancea musical instrument consisting of such a set, esp. a glockenspiel.
- the musical tone thus produced:the soft chimes of the grandfather clock.
v. - Music and Dance[no object] to sound harmoniously or in chimes, such as a set of bells: The church bells chimed at noon.
- Music and Dance[no object] to produce a musical sound by striking a bell, etc.;
ring chimes: The doorbell chimed. - Music and Dance[~ + object] to indicate, announce, etc., by chiming: Bells chimed the hour.
- chime in,
- to enter a conversation, esp. to interrupt: [no object]I was all set to chime in when the boss began to speak.[used with quotations]They chimed in, "Let's try it.''
- [~ + in + with + object] to be compatible;
agree:This chimes in with what he said before about foreign students. - [~ + in + with + object] to say or speak by chiming in:He chimed in with a warning about higher costs.
chim•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chime1 (chīm),USA pronunciation n., v., chimed, chim•ing. n. - an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
- Often, chimes.
- a set of bells or of slabs of metal, stone, wood, etc., producing musical tones when struck.
- Music and Dancea musical instrument consisting of such a set, esp. a glockenspiel.
- the musical tones thus produced.
- carillon.
- harmonious sound in general;
music;
melody. - harmonious relation;
accord:the battling duo, in chime at last.
v.i. - to sound harmoniously or in chimes, as a set of bells:The church bells chimed at noon.
- to produce a musical sound by striking a bell, gong, etc.;
ring chimes:The doorbell chimed. - to speak in cadence or singsong.
- to harmonize;
agree:The scenery chimed perfectly with the play's eerie mood.
v.t. - to give forth (music, sound, etc.), as a bell or bells.
- to strike (a bell, set of bells, etc.) so as to produce musical sound.
- to put, bring, indicate, announce, etc., by chiming:Bells chimed the hour.
- to utter or repeat in cadence or singsong:The class chimed a greeting to the new teacher.
- chime in:
- to break suddenly and unwelcomely into a conversation, as to express agreement or voice an opinion.
- to harmonize with, as in singing.
- to be consistent or compatible;
agree:The new building will not chime in with the surrounding architecture.
- Middle English chymbe belle, by false analysis of *chimbel, Old English cimbal cymbal 1250–1300
- the edge or brim of a cask, barrel, or the like, formed by the ends of the staves projecting beyond the head or bottom.
Also, chimb, chine. - 1350–1400; Middle English chimb(e); compare Old English cimbing chime; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch kimme edge
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chime /tʃaɪm/ n - an individual bell or the sound it makes when struck
- (often plural) the machinery employed to sound a bell in this way
Also called: bell a percussion instrument consisting of a set of vertical metal tubes of graduated length, suspended in a frame and struck with a hammer- agreement; concord
vb - to sound (a bell) or (of a bell) to be sounded by a clapper or hammer
- to produce (music or sounds) by chiming
- (transitive) to indicate or show (time or the hours) by chiming
- (intransitive) followed by with: to agree or harmonize
Etymology: 13th Century: probably shortened from earlier chymbe bell, ultimately from Latin cymbalum cymbalˈchimer n chime, chimb /tʃaɪm/chine /tʃaɪn/ n - the projecting edge or rim of a cask or barrel
Etymology: Old English cimb-; related to Middle Low German kimme outer edge, Swedish kimb |