verb, noun
verb (of a bell or a clock) to ring; to show the time by making a ringing sound:
[V] I heard the clock chime. * Eight o'clock had already chimed. * [VN] The clock chimed midday.
PHRASALVERBS
chime in (with sth) to join or interrupt a conversation:
He kept chiming in with his own opinions. * [+speech] 'And me!' she chimed in.
chime (in) with sth (written) (of plans, ideas, etc.) to agree with sth; to be similar to sth:
His opinions chimed in with the mood of the nation.
noun a ringing sound, especially one that is made by a bell:
door chimes
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for chime is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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