n. 1
A musical instrument producing a sound when 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.
Sylvia was a chime player in the school orchestra.
n. 2
An individual ringing component of such a set.
Peter removed the C♯ chime from its mounting so that he could get at the dust that had accumulated underneath.
n. 3
A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
The professor had stuffed a wad of gum into the chime of his doorbell so that he wouldn't be bothered.
v. 1
To make the sound of a chime.
The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.

Related words

Forms

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

4 letters: ring¹, bell¹, toll¹, buzz¹, gong¹, peal¹
5 letters: agree², alarm², spine¹, siren², chawn
6 letters: accord², buzzer², curfew², unison³, jingle², ringer², vesper², dinger², tocsin
7 letters: harmony³, ringing², clapper²
8 letters: carillon³
9 letters: harmonize³, harmonise
10 letters: consonance
12 letters: glockenspiel³
13 letters: tintinnabulum

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agree² = 2 syllables).