Main Entry: ²chime

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): chimed; chim·ing

Date: 14th century

intransitive verb 1 a : to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound b : to make the sounds of a chime
2 : to be or act in accord <the music and the mood chimed well together>transitive verb 1 : to cause to sound musically by striking
2 : to produce by chiming
3 : to call or indicate by chiming <the clock chimed midnight>
4 : to utter repetitively : din 2

— chim·er noun