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chime

8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) chime (noun)
  2. 2) chime (verb)
  3. 3) chime (noun)
  4. chine (noun)
  5. chime clock (noun)
  6. chime in (verb)
  7. chime maul (noun)
  8. wind chime (noun)

1chime

noun \ˈchīm\

Definition of CHIME

: the edge or rim of a cask or drum

Origin of CHIME

Middle English chimbe, from Old English cimb-; akin to Middle Dutch kimme edge of a cask
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with CHIME

climb, clime, crime, cyme, dime, disme, grime, lime, mime, prime, rhyme, rime, slime, stime, thyme, time

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