chime

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Synonyms: chide, chimo, chine, crime, chimp, clime, chile, chyme, chive, rhime, chim

Antonyms: chide, chimo, chine, crime, chimp, clime, chile, chyme, chive, rhime, chim

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Noun

1. 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.
   • Hugo had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.
   • Sylvia was a chime player in the school orchestra.
2. An individual ringing component of such a set.
   • Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
3. A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
   • The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.
4. The sound of such an instrument or device.
   • The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
   • Chimes sing Sunday morn.
5. A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
   • Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.

Verb

1. To make the sound of a chime.
   • The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
   • I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
2. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
3. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
4. To agree; to correspond.
   • The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
5. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

Noun

1. Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”).

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