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Chime Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chime? [n] a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer [v] of bells, chimes, and gongs Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chime: bell \| gong Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chime: accord \| accordance \| agree \| agreement \| alliterate \| alliteration \| announce \| answer to \| articulate \| assent \| assonance \| assonate \| assort with \| atone \| attune \| attunement \| battery \| be consistent \| be harmonious \| be in tune \| be of one \| be uniform with \| bell \| bells \| blend \| bones \| bong \| break in \| breathe \| butt in \| carillon \| castanets \| celesta \| change ringing \| check \| chime in \| chime of bells \| chimes \| chiming \| chink \| chip in \| chord \| chorus \| church bell \| clang \| clanging \| clangor \| clank \| clanking \| clapper \| clappers \| clink \| cohere \| coincide \| come out with \| communicate \| concentus \| concert \| concord \| concordance \| concur \| conform \| conform with \| consist with \| consonance \| consonancy \| consort \| convey \| cooperate \| correspond \| cowbell \| crash cymbal \| cymbals \| deliver \| denote \| diapason \| ding \| ding-a-ling \| dingdong \| dinging \| dingle \| dinner bell \| dinner gong \| disclose \| dong \| donging \| doorbell \| dovetail \| drone \| electronic carillon \| emit \| enunciate \| euphony \| express \| fall in together \| finger cymbals \| fire bell \| fit together \| fling off \| formulate \| gamelan \| give \| give expression \| give out with \| give tongue \| give utterance \| give voice \| glockenspiel \| go together \| go with \| gong \| gong bell \| hand bell \| handbells \| hang together \| harmonics \| harmonize \| harmony \| harping \| heavy harmony \| hit \| hold together \| homophony \| humdrum \| idiophone \| impart \| indicate \| intercede \| interfere \| interlock \| interrupt \| intersect \| intrude \| jangle \| jibe \| jingle \| jingle bell \| jinglejangle \| jingle-jangle \| jingling \| join in \| knell \| knelling \| let out \| lip \| lock \| lyra \| maraca \| marimba \| mark \| match \| melodize \| metallophone \| monochord \| monody \| monotone \| monotony \| musicalize \| near rhyme \| orchestral bells \| out with \| overlap \| parallel \| passing bell \| peal \| peal ringing \| pealing \| percussion \| percussion instrument \| percussions \| percussive \| phonate \| phrase \| pitter-patter \| pour forth \| present \| pronounce \| pun \| put forth \| put in words \| raise \| rattle \| rattlebones \| register \| register with \| repeated sounds \| repetitiousness \| repetitiveness \| respond to \| rhyme \| ring \| ring changes \| ringing \| sacring bell \| say \| set forth \| sheepbell \| sing in chorus \| singsong \| sizzler \| slant rhyme \| sleigh bell \| snappers \| sort with \| sound \| sound a knell \| sound in tune \| sound together \| square \| square with \| stale repetition \| stand together \| strike \| striking \| symphonize \| symphony \| synchronism \| synchronization \| synchronize \| tally \| tam-tam \| tedium \| telephone bell \| tell \| three-part harmony \| throw off \| ting \| ting-a-ling \| tingle \| tingling \| tink \| tinkle \| tinkling \| tinnitus \| tintinnabula \| tintinnabulate \| tintinnabulum \| toll \| tolling \| tongue \| tonitruone \| triangle \| trot \| tubular bells \| tune \| unison \| unisonance \| unnecessary repetition \| utter \| verbalize \| vibes \| vibraphone \| vocalize \| voice \| whisper \| word \| xylophone See Also \| barge in \| break in \| butt in \| carillon \| chime in \| chisel in \| cut in \| go \| handbell \| percussion instrument \| percussive instrument \| put in \| sound Chime In Webster's Dictionary \Chime\, n. [See {Chimb}.] See {Chine}, n., 3. \Chime\, n. [OE. chimbe, prop., cymbal, OF. cymbe, cymble, in a dialectic form, chymble, F. cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr. Gr. ?. See {Cymbal}.] 1. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments. Instruments that made melodius chime. --Milton. 2. 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. We have heard the chimes at midnight. --Shak. 3. Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound. ``Chimes of verse.'' --Cowley. \Chime\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chiming}.] [See {Chime}, n.] 1. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells. 2. To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with. Everything chimed in with such a humor. --W. irving. 3. To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with. [Colloq.] 4. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming. --Cowley \Chime\, v. i. 1. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony. And chime their sounding hammers. --Dryden. 2. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. Chime his childish verse. --Byron.

Chime Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chime?

[n] a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
[v] of bells, chimes, and gongs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chime: bell | gong

Chime In Webster's Dictionary

\Chime\, n. [See {Chimb}.]
See {Chine}, n., 3.


\Chime\, n. [OE. chimbe, prop., cymbal, OF. cymbe, cymble,
in a dialectic form, chymble, F. cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr.
Gr. ?. See {Cymbal}.]
1. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.

         Instruments that made melodius chime. --Milton.

2. 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.

         We have heard the chimes at midnight. --Shak.

3. Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
   ``Chimes of verse.'' --Cowley.


\Chime\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chimed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chiming}.] [See {Chime}, n.]
1. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.

2. To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to
   correspond; to fall in with.

         Everything chimed in with such a humor. --W. irving.

3. To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed
   by in or in with. [Colloq.]

4. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in
   rhyming. --Cowley


\Chime\, v. i.
1. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a
   set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

         And chime their sounding hammers.     --Dryden.

2. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

         Chime his childish verse.             --Byron.

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