CHIME


Meaning of CHIME in English

n.

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, cymbal, probably from Anglo-French *chimbe, cime, from Latin cymbalum cymbal

Date: 15th century

1 : an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells

2 a : a musically tuned set of bells b : one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck

3 a : the sound of a set of bells ― usually used in plural b : a musical sound suggesting that of bells

4 : ACCORD , HARMONY <such happy chime of fact and theory ― Henry Maudsley>

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