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   chime

   /tʃʌɪm/

   noun

   • 1. a melodious ringing sound, as produced by striking a bell: "the chimes of Big Ben"
   • ▪ 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.

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   • 1. chimer noun

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   What does a chime sound like?

   • A chime is a ringing sound made by a bell, especially when it is part of a clock. At that moment a chime sounded from the front of the house. Chimes are a set of small objects which make a ringing sound when they are blown by the wind. ...the haunting sound of the wind chimes. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is a bell chime?

   • 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. Often chimes. a set of bells or of slabs of metal, stone, wood, etc., producing musical tones when struck. a musical instrument consisting of such a set, especially a glockenspiel.

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   Where did chime come from?

   • Origin chime2 (1200-1300) Old French chimbe “cymbal”, from Latin cymbalum; → CYMBAL chime meaning, definition, what is chime: if a bell or clock chimes, it makes a ri...: Learn more.

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