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noun
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harmonious sound in general; music; melody.
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harmonious relation; accord: the battling duo, in chime at last.
verb (used without object)
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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.
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to speak in cadence or singsong.
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to harmonize; agree: The scenery chimed perfectly with the play's eerie mood.
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Chime in
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase9.
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.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English chymbe belle, by false analysis of *chimbel, Old English cimbal cymbal
1250–1300; Middle English chymbe belle, by false analysis of *chimbel, Old English cimbal cymbal
Related forms
chim·er, noun
un·chim·ing, adjective
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World English Dictionary
| chime in | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to join in or interrupt (a conversation), esp repeatedly and unwelcomely |
| 2. | to voice agreement |
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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."
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
chime in
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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.
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chime in with. Be in agreement or compatible with, as in His views chime in with the paper's editorial stance. [Early 1700s]
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