Definition of Chime

1. Noun. A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument.

Exact synonyms: Bell, Gong
Specialized synonyms: Carillon, Handbell
Generic synonyms: Percussion Instrument, Percussive Instrument
Derivative terms: Gong

2. Verb. Emit a sound. "Bells and gongs chimed"
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Also: Chime In

Definition of Chime

1. n. See Chine, n., 3.

2. n. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.

3. v. i. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.

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

Definition of Chime

1. Noun. (musical instruments) 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'''. ¹

2. Noun. An individual ringing component of such a set. ¹

3. Noun. A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device. ¹

4. Noun. The sound of such an instrument or device. ¹

5. Noun. A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive) To agree; to correspond. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chime

1. to ring harmoniously [v CHIMED, CHIMING, CHIMES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chime

chimaeras
chimaeric
chimaerism
chimaerisms
chimaeroid
chimango
chimangoes
chimar
chimars
chimb
chimbley
chimbleys
chimblies
chimbly
chimbs
chime (current term)
chime in
chimed
chimelike
chimenea
chimeneas
chimer
chimera
chimeral
chimeralike
chimeraplast
chimeras
chimere
chimeres
chimeric

Literary usage of Chime

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Referring to water: examine, plumb, fathom. 2. See EXAMINE. sound, n. 1. noise; spec, bang, beat, blare, blast, boom, bourdon, buzz, cacophony, chime, ..."

2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"In abbey or cathedral played either by striking by hand with the daily services, usually the eastern chime Bells attuned to a scale and churches that ..."

3. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"chimes, or " Cathedral chime*" as they are occasionally named, consist of 20 (sometimes more) tubular bells, hung on a frame, and sounded by the stroke of ..."

4. Out of the Dark: Essays, Lectures, and Addresses on Physical and Social Vision by Helen Keller (1920)
"The Christmas bells are ringing peal upon peal, chime upon chime! Full and clear they ring, and the air quivers with joy. What is the burden of their music ..."

5. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1902)
"When hedge-pipes they begin to chime And summer flowers to sow the dale. When lasses and their lovers meet Beneath the early village thorn, And to the sound ..."

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