chime

chime
chime1 [tʃaım] v
1.) [I and T]
if a bell or clock chimes, it makes a ringing sound, especially to tell you what time it is
The clock in the hall chimed six.
2.)
to be the same as something else or to have the same effect
chime with
Her views on life didn't quite chime with mine.
chime in [i]phr v
to say something in a conversation, especially to agree with what someone has just said
'We'll miss you too,' the children chimed in.
chime 2
chime2 n
[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: chimbe 'cymbal', from Latin cymbalum; CYMBAL]
1.)
a ringing sound made by a bell or clock
2.) chimes [plural]
a set of bells or other objects that produce musical sounds, used as a musical instrument or, for example, as a type of doorbell

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