chime 1 (ch m)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. Phrasal Verb: 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. 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. [From Middle English chimbe (belle), from Old French, variant of cimble, cymbal, from Latin cymbalum; see cymbal.] chim  er n. |
| chime 2 (chm) n. The rim of a cask. [Middle English chimb, from Old English cim-, cimb- (in cimst  nas, bases of a pillar, and cimbing, jointing); see gembh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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