n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: chimed ; chim · ing
Date: 14th century
intransitive verb
1 a : to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound b : to make the sounds of a chime
2 : to be or act in accord <the music and the mood chimed well together>
transitive verb
1 : to cause to sound musically by striking
2 : to produce by chiming
3 : to call or indicate by chiming <the clock chimed midnight>
4 : to utter repetitively : DIN 2
– chim · er noun