chime

Other forms of chime

plural

chimes·

past tense

chimed·

present participle

chiming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chime

What does chime mean?

chime means "a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chime?

chime has 1 syllable: chime. In IPA it is /ˈtʃaɪm/.

What is another word for chime?

Close synonyms include bell, gong. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chime a common word?

chime is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.