Definitions from Wiktionary (chime)
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: An individual ringing component of such a set.
▸ noun: A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
▸ noun: The sound of such an instrument or device.
▸ noun: A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
▸ verb: (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To agree; to correspond.
▸ verb: To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
▸ noun: Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”) [The top of a ridge.]
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▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: An individual ringing component of such a set.
▸ noun: A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
▸ noun: The sound of such an instrument or device.
▸ noun: A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
▸ verb: (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To agree; to correspond.
▸ verb: To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
▸ noun: Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.”) [The top of a ridge.]
Similar:
bell,
gong,
jingle,
tintinnabulum,
tubular bells,
cowbell,
jingle bell,
handbell,
zither,
mark tree,
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wind chime,
door chime,
hand chime,
tubular chime,
carillon chime,
electronic chime,
church bell chime,
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