a bell or a metal bar or tube, tuned and used in a set to produce a melodious series of ringing sounds when struck:the warm breeze whispered through the chimes hanging from the balcony ceiling
a melodious ringing sound produced by striking a set of chimes:the chimes of Big Ben
(chimes) a set of tuned bells used as a doorbell.
Bell-ringing a stroke of the clapper against one or both sides of a scarcely moving bell.
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1(of a bell or clock) make melodious ringing sounds, typically to indicate the time: [with complement]:the clock chimed eight
2 (chime with or chime in with) British be in agreement with:his poem chimes with our modern experience of loss
chime in
interject a remark:‘Yes, you do that,’ Dave chimed in eagerly
