chimed; chiming
1
a
: to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound
b
: to make the sounds of a chime
2
: to be or act in accord
1
: to cause to sound musically by striking
2
: to produce by chiming
3
: to call or indicate by chiming
the clock chimed midnight
4
: to utter repetitively : din sense 2
chimer
noun
1
: an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells
2
a
: a musically tuned set of bells
b
: one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck
3
a
: the sound of a set of bells
—usually used in plural
b
: a musical sound suggesting that of bells
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Examples of chime in a Sentence
Verb
The music and the mood chimed well together.
the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine
Noun (2)
the welcoming chimes on our doorbell
firmly believes that science and religion can keep chime with one another
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Emily Tate Sullivan, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Celebrate in one of the countless charming restaurants or join the thousands who descend on Puerta del Sol to eat 12 lucky grapes to the 12 Real Casa de Correos clock chimes.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Bulgari is also making history by adding a new tune to a range of chiming timepieces, introducing tritone harmonic intervals, created in collaboration with the Italian-Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
Watches vibrate, chime, and ping with notifications.
—Emily Tate Sullivan, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
Celebrate in one of the countless charming restaurants or join the thousands who descend on Puerta del Sol to eat 12 lucky grapes to the 12 Real Casa de Correos clock chimes.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
Verb
The development of this chiming mechanism is the brainchild of Christopher Ward's Master Watchmaker, Frank Stelzer.
—Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Bulgari is also making history by adding a new tune to a range of chiming timepieces, introducing tritone harmonic intervals, created in collaboration with the Italian-Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Chime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chime. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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chime
1 of 2 noun1
: a set of bells tuned to play music
2
: the sound of a set of bells
—usually used in plural
chime
2 of 2 verb
chimed; chiming
1
: to make the sounds of a chime
2
: to call or indicate by chiming
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