chime

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

chimes

1.
(music) 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.
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.
2.
An individual ringing component of such a set.
Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
3.
A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.
4.
The sound of such an instrument or device.
The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
Chimes sing Sunday morn.
5.
A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.
6.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”).

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verb

V_es/s

chimes

V_ing/Gerund

chiming

V_ed/pp

chimed

1.
(intransitive)To make the sound of a chime.
The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
2.
(transitive)To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
3.
(transitive)To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
4.
(intransitive)To agree; to correspond.
The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
5.
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

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Đồng nghĩa

alarm bell buzz buzzer carillon clapper curfewding-dongdinger glockenspiel gong peal ringer siren tintinnabulum tocsin toll vesper

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English chymbe, chyme, probably from chimbe (cymbal), a chimble, cimble, from Latin cymbalum; perhaps reinforced by a misinterpretation of a *chymbele (from ċimbala, ċimbal (cymbal)) as chymbe belle.