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   Chime

   /CHīm/

   

   noun

   • 1. a melodious ringing sound, as produced by striking a bell: "I hear the chimes of the hour from the courthouse"
   • ▪ a bell or a metal bar or tube that is tuned and used in a set to produce a melodious series of ringing sounds when struck: "the warm breeze whispered through the chimes hanging from the balcony ceiling"
   • ▪ a stroke of the clapper against one or both sides of a scarcely moving bell.

   verb

   • 1. (of a bell or clock) make melodious ringing sounds, typically to indicate the time: "the grandfather clock in the next room chimed" Similar ringpealtollsounddingdongclangboomresoundreverberatetinklejinglejanglearchaic:knellrare:tintinnabulatestrikesoundindicatemark

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘cymbal’ and ‘ring out’): probably from Old English cimbal (see cymbal), later interpreted as chime bell.

   Derivatives

   • 1. chimer noun

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