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chime

1  [chahym] noun, verb, chimed, chim⋅ing.
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–noun
1. an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
2. Often, chimes.
a. a set of bells or of slabs of metal, stone, wood, etc., producing musical tones when struck.
b. a musical instrument consisting of such a set, esp. a glockenspiel.
c. the musical tones thus produced.
d. carillon.
3. harmonious sound in general; music; melody.
4. harmonious relation; accord: the battling duo, in chime at last.
–verb (used without object)
5. to sound harmoniously or in chimes, as a set of bells: The church bells chimed at noon.
6. to produce a musical sound by striking a bell, gong, etc.; ring chimes: The doorbell chimed.
7. to speak in cadence or singsong.
8. to harmonize; agree: The scenery chimed perfectly with the play's eerie mood.
–verb (used with object)
9. to give forth (music, sound, etc.), as a bell or bells.
10. to strike (a bell, set of bells, etc.) so as to produce musical sound.
11. to put, bring, indicate, announce, etc., by chiming: Bells chimed the hour.
12. to utter or repeat in cadence or singsong: The class chimed a greeting to the new teacher.
—Verb phrase
13. chime in,
a. to break suddenly and unwelcomely into a conversation, as to express agreement or voice an opinion.
b. to harmonize with, as in singing.
c. to be consistent or compatible; agree: The new building will not chime in with the surrounding architecture.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME chymbe belle, by false analysis of *chimbel, OE cimbal cymbal

Related forms:
chimer, noun
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chime 1   (chīm)   
n.  

  1. An apparatus for striking a bell or set of bells to produce a musical sound.

  2. Music A set of tuned bells used as an orchestral instrument. Often used in the plural.

  3. A single bell, as in the mechanism of a clock.

  4. The sound produced by or as if by a bell or bells.

  5. Agreement; accord: a flawless chime of romance and reality.

v.   chimed, chim·ing, chimes

v.   intr.

    1. To sound with a harmonious ring when struck.

    2. To make a musical sound by striking a bell or set of bells.

  2. To be in agreement or accord: harmonize: Their views chimed with ours. The seafood and wine chimed perfectly.

v.   tr.

  1. To produce (music) by striking bells.

  2. To strike (a bell) to produce music.

    1. To signal or make known by chiming: The clock chimed noon.

    2. To call, send, or welcome by chiming.

  4. To repeat insistently.

Phrasal Verb(s):
chime in

  1. To interrupt the speech of others, especially with an unwanted opinion.

  2. To join in harmoniously.

  3. To go together harmoniously; agree.


[From Middle English chimbe (belle), from Old French, variant of cimble, cymbal, from Latin cymbalum; see cymbal.]
chim'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

chime 
c.1300, from L. cymbalum (see cymbal, which is what the word originally meant), perhaps through O.Fr. chimbe or directly from L. as O.E. cimbal, either one likely misinterpreted as chymbe bellen "chime bells."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

chime in

  1. Join in harmoniously or in unison, either literally (with music) or figuratively (joining a conversation to express agreement). For example, In this passage I want the altos to chime in with the tenors, or When Mary agreed, her sister chimed in that she'd join her. The literal usage was first recorded in 1681, the figurative in 1838.

  2. chime in with. Be in agreement or compatible with, as in His views chime in with the paper's editorial stance. [Early 1700s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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