Word Definition

Chime

  1. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
  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 be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.
  4. To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with.
  5. Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
  6. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
  7. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
  8. 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.
  9. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

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