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Definition of Chime
1. Verb. Emit a sound. "Bells and gongs chimed"
2. Noun. A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument.
Specialized synonyms: Carillon, Handbell
Generic synonyms: Percussion Instrument, Percussive Instrument
Derivative terms: Gong
Definition of Chime
1. n. See Chine,
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
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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