how to pronounce chime
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An example use of chime in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… then the other folks can chime in and I …”
meanings of chime
noun:
- A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
- A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
- The sound of such an instrument or device.
- Alternative form of chine (“edge of a cask; part of a ship; etc.").
- An individual ringing component of such a set.
- A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
verb:
- To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
- To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
- To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
- To agree; to correspond.
- To make the sound of a chime.