n. 1 bell, set of bells, carillon, ring, peal Our church has a full chime of eight bells 2 ringing, peal, chiming, tolling, tintinnabulation, clanging, ding-dong, striking; tinkle, jingle, jangle We could hear the chimes of Big Ben from our hotel room
v. 3 ring, peal, toll, sound, tintinnabulate, clang, strike The clock chimed on the hour 4 mark, denote, indicate, announce The carillon chimed the hour at noon 5 chime in. a join in, blend, harmonize When singing this round, chime in at the third bar b interrupt, intercede, intrude, interfere, break in, Colloq chip in; Slang butt in I was about to speak when he chimed in with some silly remark