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chime up

chime up verb: to speak suddenly; to make an unexpected contribution to a conversation.

Verb

chime up (third-person singular simple present chimes up, present participle chiming up, simple past and past participle chimed up)

  1. (nonstandard) To speak suddenly; to make an unexpected contribution to a conversation.

Forms of chime up

third-person singular presentchimes up
present participlechiming up
past participlechimed up
pastchimed up

Origin of chime up

Perhaps confusion of chime in and pipe up.

Questions about chime up

What does chime up mean?
Chime up means to speak suddenly; to make an unexpected contribution to a conversation.
What part of speech is chime up?
Chime up is a verb.
What is the past tense of chime up?
The past tense of chime up is chimed up.

Words near chime up in the dictionary

  1. Chimborazo
  2. Chimbote
  3. chimbs
  4. chime
  5. chime in
  6. chime up
  7. chime whistle
  8. chime whistles
  9. chime/strobe
  10. chime/strobes
  11. chimed

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