chime (redirected from chimed in)

chime ¹  (chm)

n.

1. An apparatus for striking a bell or set of bells to produce a musical sound.

2. Music A set of tuned bells used as an orchestral instrument. Often used in the plural.

3. A single bell, as in the mechanism of a clock.

4. The sound produced by or as if by a bell or bells.

5. Agreement; accord: a flawless chime of romance and reality.

v. chimed, chim·ing, chimes

v.intr.

1.

a. To sound with a harmonious ring when struck.

b. To make a musical sound by striking a bell or set of bells.

2. To be in agreement or accord: harmonize: Their views chimed with ours. The seafood and wine chimed perfectly.

v.tr.

1. To produce (music) by striking bells.

2. To strike (a bell) to produce music.

3.

a. To signal or make known by chiming: The clock chimed noon.

b. To call, send, or welcome by chiming.

4. To repeat insistently.

Phrasal Verb:

chime in

1. To interrupt the speech of others, especially with an unwanted opinion.

2. To join in harmoniously.

3. To go together harmoniously; agree.

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[From Middle English chimbe (belle), from Old French, variant of cimble, cymbal, from Latin cymbalum; see cymbal.]

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chimer n.

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chime

Noun

the musical ringing sound made by a bell or clock

Verb

[chiming, chimed]

1. (of a bell) to make a clear musical ringing sound

2. (of a clock) to indicate (the time) by chiming [Latin cymbalum cymbal]

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Chime a peal of bells; a set of bells in a church tower.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chime - a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument gong, bell carillon - set of bells hung in a bell tower handbell - a bell that is held in the hand percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
Verb	1.	chime - emit a sound; "bells and gongs chimed" sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" butt in, chime in, chisel in, barge in, break in, cut 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

verb 1. ring,

noun 2. sound, boom, toll, jingle, dong, tinkle, clang, peal

Translations

chime [tʃaɪm] n → repique m; campanada

vi → repicar, sonar

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chime [tʃaɪm] n → carillon m

vi → carillonner, sonner

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chime [tʃaɪm] n → Glockenspiel nt

vi → läuten

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chime [tʃaɪm] n → carillon m inv

vi → suonare, scampanare