Chime

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• Chime.in — Type Private Founded Pasadena, California (2011 (2011)) Headquarters …   Wikipedia

• Chime — Chime, v. i. 1. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony. [1913 Webster] And chime their sounding hammers. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• chime — ► NOUN 1) a melodious ringing sound. 2) a bell or a metal bar or tube used in a set to produce chimes when struck. ► VERB 1) (of a bell or clock) make a melodious ringing sound. 2) (chime in with) be in agreement with. 3) ( …   English terms dictionary

• chime — chime1 [chīm] n. [ME chimbe, cimble < OFr < L cymbalum, CYMBAL] 1. a contrivance for striking a bell or set of bells 2. [usually pl.] a) a set of bells tuned to a musical scale b) a similar set of metal tubes, hung vertically and struck… …   English World dictionary

• Chime — Chime, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chiming}.] [See {Chime}, n.] 1. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells. [1913 Webster] 2. To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chime — (ch[imac]m), n. [OE. chimbe, prop., cymbal, OF. cymbe, cymble, in a dialectic form, chymble, F. cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr. Gr. ky mbalon. See {Cymbal}.] 1. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments. [1913 Webster] Instruments that… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chime — (ch[imac]m), n. [See {Chimb}.] See {Chine}, n., 3. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• chime — c.1300, from L. cymbalum (see CYMBAL (Cf. cymbal), which is what this word originally meant), perhaps through O.Fr. chimbe or directly from L. as O.E. cimbal, either one likely misinterpreted as chymbe bellen chime bells, a sense attested from… …   Etymology dictionary

• chime in — index interrupt Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• chime — [v] ring, peal bell, bong, boom, clang, dong, jingle, knell, sound, strike, tinkle, tintinnabulate, toll; concept 65 …   New thesaurus