Definitions of chime [ʃaɪm]

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Definition of 'chime'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) chime
an apparatus for striking one or more bells, as a doorbell at the front door of a house.

2.  chime
Often, chimes.

3.  chime
a set of bells or of slabs of metal, stone, wood, etc., producing musical tones when struck.

4.  chime
a musical instrument consisting of such a set, esp. a glockenspiel.

5.  chime
the musical tone thus produced.

6.  chime
harmonious sound in general; music; melody.

7.  chime
harmonious relation; accord.

8. (v.i.) chime
to sound harmoniously or in chimes, as a set of bells:
The church bells chimed at noon.

9.  chime
to produce a musical sound by striking a bell, gong, etc.; ring chimes:
The doorbell chimed.

10.  chime
to harmonize; agree.

11. (v.t.) chime
to give forth (music, sound, etc.), as a bell or bells.

12.  chime
to strike (a bell, etc.) to produce musical sound.

13.  chime
to call, indicate, announce, etc., by chiming:
Bells chimed the hour.

14.  chime
to speak in cadence or singsong.

15.  chime
chime in,

16.  chime
to enter a conversation, esp. to interrupt.

17.  chime
to be compatible; agree (often fol. by with).

18.  chime
to say or speak by chiming in (often fol. by with):
to chime in with a warning.

19. (n.) chime
the brim of a cask or barrel.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME chimb(e); cf. OE cimbing chime; akin to MLG, MD kimme edge)

Definition of 'chime'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) chime, bell, gong
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

2. (verb) chime
emit a sound
"bells and gongs chimed"

Definition of 'chime'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) chime
to make a bell sound
the sound of bells chiming in the distance

Definition of 'chime'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) chime
see Chine, n., 3

2. (noun) chime
the harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments

3. (noun) chime
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

4. (noun) chime
pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound

5. (noun) chime
to sound in harmonious accord, as bells

6. (noun) chime
to be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with

7. (noun) chime
to join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with

8. (noun) chime
to make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming

9. (verb) chime
to cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony

10. (verb) chime
to utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically

Translation of 'chime'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (the ringing of) a set of tuned bells the chime of the clock.
Afrikaans: klokkespel	Arabic: قَرْعُ أجْراسٍ متآلِفَه	Bulgarian: звън
Brazilian: carrilhão	Czech: vyzvánění	German: das Glockenspiel
Danish: ringen; kimen	Greek: χτύπος καμπάνας	Spanish: carrillón
Estonian: kellamäng	Farsi: زنگ؛ آهنگ	Finnish: kellonsoitto
French: carillon	Hebrew: צִלצוּל	Hindi: झंकार
Croatian: zvonjava, udaranje u zvon	Hungarian: harangjáték	Indonesian: denting
Icelandic: hringing	Italian: carillon	Japanese: チャイム
Korean: 차임	Lithuanian: kurantai	Latvian: zvanu skaņas; zvanu spēle
Malay: peranggu loceng	Dutch: klokkenspel	Norwegian: (klokke)klang, kiming
Polish: kurant	Persian: زنگ؛ آهنگ	Pashto: دګګينړيو ياږ غږ غو جوړه چ
Portuguese: carrilhão	Romanian: dangăt	Russian: перезвон; бой
Slovak: vyzváňanie	Slovenian: zvonjenje	Serbian: zvonjava
Swedish: klockspel, -ringning	Thai: เสียงระฆัง	Turkish: ahenkliçan sesi
Taiwanese: 一組(可發出鐘聲的)鐘，鐘聲	Ukrainian: передзвін; куранти	Urdu: گھنٹیاں
Vietnamese: chuông chùm	Chinese: 一套（音调谐和）的钟，钟声
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