chime

n.

1. An apparatus for striking a bell or set of bells to produce a musical sound.
2. Music. A set of tuned bells used as an orchestral instrument. Often used in the plural.
3. A single bell, as in the mechanism of a clock.
4. The sound produced by or as if by a bell or bells.
5. Agreement; accord: a flawless chime of romance and reality.

v., chimed, chim·ing, chimes.

v.intr.

1. 1. To sound with a harmonious ring when struck.
   2. To make a musical sound by striking a bell or set of bells.
2. To be in agreement or accord: harmonize: Their views chimed with ours. The seafood and wine chimed perfectly.

v.tr.

1. To produce (music) by striking bells.
2. To strike (a bell) to produce music.
3. 1. To signal or make known by chiming: The clock chimed noon.
   2. To call, send, or welcome by chiming.
4. To repeat insistently.

phrasal verb:

chime in

1. To interrupt the speech of others, especially with an unwanted opinion.
2. To join in harmoniously.
3. To go together harmoniously; agree.

[From Middle English chimbe (belle), from Old French, variant of cimble, cymbal, from Latin cymbalum. See cymbal.]

chimer chim'er n.

chime² (chīm)
n.
The rim of a cask.

[Middle English chimb, from Old English cim-, cimb- (in cimstānas, bases of a pillar , and cimbing, jointing).]

also chime in

noun

The act or state of agreeing or conforming: accordance, agreement, conformance, conformation, conformity, congruence, congruity, correspondence, harmonization, harmony, keeping. See agree/disagree.

verb

1. To give forth or cause to give forth a clear, resonant sound: bong, knell, peal, ring, strike, toll. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
2. To be compatible or in correspondence: accord, agree, check, comport with, conform, consist, correspond, fit, harmonize, match, square, tally. Informal jibe. Archaic quadrate. See agree/disagree.

phrasal verb - chime in

To interject remarks or questions into another's discourse: break in, chip in, cut in, interrupt. See continue/stop/pause.

Long-established Spiritualist journal that merged into the Psychic Observer in the 1970s. For a period it was published as the Psychic Observer and Chimes and served as the periodical for the National Spiritual Science Center. It was edited by Henry Nagorka and published by the church's ESPress imprint in Washington, D.C. The magazine ceased publication in the mid-1980s.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - klokker, klokkeklang, harmoni, slagur, klokkespil
v. intr. - ringe, kime, harmonere med, bryde ind, passe ind i
v. tr. - ringe med, slå

idioms:

• chime in    bryde ind

2.
n. - lug (på tønde)

Nederlands (Dutch)
klok(kenspel), klokgelui, overeenstemming, kim, luiden, in harmonie zijn

Français (French)
1.
n. - carillon
v. intr. - carillonner, sonner (les cloches) en carillon
v. tr. - carillonner, sonner (les cloches) en carillon

idioms:

• chime in    placer son mot, intervenir

2.
n. - s'accorder avec (un point de vue)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Geläute, Glockenspiel
v. - erklingen, schlagen, läuten

idioms:

• chime in    (Mus.) einstimmen, (ugs.) übereinstimmen, sich einmischen

2.
n. - Zarge, Kimme

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καμπάνισμα, κωδωνοκρουσία, (πληθ.) μελωδικό κουδούνισμα
v. - καμπανίζω, κουδουνίζω, σημαίνω την ώρα

idioms:

• chime in    (καθομ.) παρεμβαίνω σε συζήτηση, ταιριάζω αρμονικά

Italiano (Italian)
suonare, scampanio

idioms:

• chime in    interporre

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carrilhão (m), campainha (f), melodia (f)
v. - repicar, soar, rimar

idioms:

• chime in    concordar

Русский (Russian)
звонить, перезвон

idioms:

• chime in    влезать в разговор

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - juego de campanas, carillón, repique, campanada
v. intr. - emitir un sonido o repique
v. tr. - sonar, repicar

idioms:

• chime in    entrometerse, meter la cuchara

2.
n. - música, armonía, ritmo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klockspel, ringning, rytm, harmoni
v. - ringa, framsjunga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 乐钟, 音乐门铃, 敲钟装置, 报时装置, 管钟, 排钟, 鸣, 鸣响, 和谐, 一致, 和谐悦耳地奏出, 敲钟召集, 用钟声报

idioms:

• chime in    插话

2. 凸边

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 樂鍾, 音樂門鈴, 敲鍾裝置, 報時裝置, 管鍾, 排鍾
v. intr. - 鳴, 鳴響, 和諧, 一致
v. tr. - 和諧悅耳地奏出, 敲鍾召集, 用鐘聲報

idioms:

• chime in    插話

2.
n. - 凸邊

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 차임, 선율
v. intr. - 차임이 울리다, 조화하다, 단조롭게 이야기하다
v. tr. - 차임을 울리다, 차임으로 연주하다

idioms:

• chime in    조화하여

2.
n. - 통 등 양끝의 돌출한 가장자리, 홈

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一組の鐘, チャイム, 鐘の音, 調和, 一致
v. - 鳴らす, 鐘で知らせる, 調和する, 一致する

idioms:

• chime in    会話に割り込む, 相づちを打つ, 一致する, 調子を合わせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جرس, , رنين الجرس, (فعل) وافق, ناسب, دق الجرس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מערכת פעמונים, צלצול-פעמונים, צלצול, הרמוניה‬
v. intr. - ‮צלצל, עלה בקנה אחד עם‬
v. tr. - ‮צלצל, בישר על השעה בצלצול‬
n. - ‮המסגרת הבולטת שבתחתית חבית‬

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