The Meaning of chime

• (n.) See Chine, n., 3.
• (n.) The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.
• (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.
• (n.) Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.
• (n.) To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.
• (n.) To be in harmony; to agree; to suit; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.
• (n.) To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with.
• (n.) To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
• (v. i.) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
• (v. i.) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

Synonyms

bell , gong

Homophones

chyme

Rhymes

anaheim , anticrime , anytime , bedtime , beim , blenheim , centime , chyme , climb , clime , crime , daytime , dime , dinnertime , downtime , durkheim , enzyme , everytime , fulltime , genzyme , grime , guggenheim , haim , halftime , heim , hime , lifetime , lime , lunchtime , lyme , maritime , mealtime , meantime , mime , nighttime , noontime , onetime , oppenheim , overtime , pantomime , paradigm , part-time , parttime , pastime , peacetime , prime , ragtime , rhyme , schooltime , seim , showtime , sime , slime , sometime , springtime , stime , sublime , summertime , syme , thyme , time , waldheim , wartime , wintertime