Chime
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English
Noun
Chime (plural Chimes)- (music) 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.
- An individual ringing component of such a set.
- A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
- The sound of such an instrument or device.
- A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
Verb
Chime (third-person singular simple present Chimes, present participle chiming, simple past and past participle chimed)
- To make the sound of a chime.
- To agree; to correspond.
Adjectives for Chime
musical; pathetic; dolorous; silvery; sweet-toned; unhurried; clear; jubilant; silver; soothing; unvaried; religious; faint; heavenly.
Adverbs for Chime
drowsily; harmoniously; mischievously; dolorously; unhurriedly; jubilantly; soothingly; religiously; faintly; heavenly; musically, clearly.
Thesaurus
harmonics, harmonize, harmony, harping, heavy harmony, hit, hold together, homophony, humdrum, idiophone, impart, indicate, intercede, interfere, interlock, interrupt, intersect, intrude, jangle, jibe, jingle, knell, knelling, let out, lip, lock, lyra, maraca, marimba, mark, match, 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, 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, toll, tolling, tongue, tonitruone, triangle, trot, tubular bells, tune, unison, unisonance, unnecessary repetition, utter, verbalize, vibes, vibraphone, vocalize, voice, whisper, word, xylophone, 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,
