chime
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Middle English chymbe, chyme, probably from Old Northern French chimbe (“cymbal”), a back-formation from chimble, cimble, from Latin cymbalum; perhaps reinforced by a misinterpretation of a Middle English *chymbele (from Old English ċimbala, ċimbal (“cymbal”)) as chymbe belle.
Inflected forms:
form: chimes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chimes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chiming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chimed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chimed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
pos: noun
examples: Hugo had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.
Sylvia was a chime player in the school orchestra.
gloss: An individual ringing component of such a set.
pos: noun
examples: Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
gloss: A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
pos: noun
examples: The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.
gloss: The sound of such an instrument or device.
pos: noun
examples: The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
Chimes sing Sunday morn.
gloss: A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
pos: noun
examples: Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.
gloss: To make the sound of a chime.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.
gloss: To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: And chime their sounding hammers.
gloss: To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Chime his childish verse.
gloss: To agree; to correspond.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
Everything chimed in with such a humor.
gloss: To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
pos: verb
examples: It shall not keep one settled pace of time,
In the same tune it shall not always chime
Synonyms: alarm
bell
buzz
buzzer
carillon
clapper
curfew
ding-dong
dinger
glockenspiel
gong
peal
ringer
siren
tintinnabulum
tocsin
toll
vesper
Derived words: achime
chimeless
chimelike
chimer
chimesmaster
chime whistle
chimist
clock chime
spoon chime
wind chime
windchime
chime in
chime up
rechime
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: камбанен звън
roman: kambanen zvǎn
lang: Finnish
word: merkkiääni
lang: Finnish
word: kellonsoitto
lang: Finnish
word: kellot
lang: Hungarian
word: harangszó
lang: Hungarian
word: csengőszó
lang: Japanese
word: チャイム
roman: chaimu
lang: Macedonian
word: ѕвон
roman: dzvon
lang: Russian
word: звон
roman: zvon
lang: Russian
word: звоно́к
roman: zvonók
lang: Spanish
word: repique
lang: Spanish
word: campanada
lang: Finnish
word: malletti
lang: Hungarian
word: ütő
lang: Russian
word: молото́к
roman: molotók