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.

"Hugo was a chime player in the school orchestra."

noun

An individual ringing component of such a set.

"Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath."

noun

A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.

"The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered."

noun

The sound of such an instrument or device.

"The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing."

noun

A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.

"Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it."

verb

To make the sound of a chime.

"I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon."

verb

To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

verb

To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

verb

To agree; to correspond.

"The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research."

verb

To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.

noun

The top of a ridge.

noun

The spine of an animal.

noun

A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.

noun

A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.

noun

A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.

noun

The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.