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puhekieltä A musical instrument producing a sound when strike 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.
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Sylvia had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming.
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Hugo was a chime player in the school orchestra.
An individual ringing component of such a set.
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Peter removed the C chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
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The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldnt be bothered.''
The sound of such an instrument or device.
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The copier gave a chime to indicate that it had finished printing.
A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
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Strike the bell with the brass chime hanging on the chain next to it.
puhekieltä To make the sound of a chime.
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The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
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I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.
puhekieltä To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
Dryden
- And chime their sounding hammers.
puhekieltä To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
Byron
- Chime his childish verse.
puhekieltä To agree; to correspond.
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The other labs results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.''
Washington Irving
- Everything chimed in with such a humor.
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
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A chine; the edge of a cask.
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