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chiming

/ˈt͡ʃaɪmɪŋ/

chiming is the present participle and gerund of chime.

Meaning of chime

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.
    • The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.
  2. (transitive) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
    • And chime their sounding hammers.1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  3. (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
    • Chime his childish verse.1809, Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers
  4. (intransitive) To agree; to correspond.
    • The other lab's results chimed with mine, so I knew we were on the right track with the research.
  5. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
    • It shall not keep one settled pace of time,
      In the same tune it shall not always chimea. 1667, Abraham Cowley, Ode Upon Liberty

See all 10 meanings of chime

Noun

chiming (plural chimings)

  1. An instance of chiming; a sound that chimes.

Forms of chiming

pluralchimings

Words formed from chiming

Phrases with chiming

Words that rhyme with chiming

Questions about chiming

What does chiming mean?
Chiming means an instance of chiming; a sound that chimes.
What is chiming the present participle and gerund of?
Chiming is the present participle and gerund of chime.
What part of speech is chiming?
Chiming is a noun.
How do you pronounce chiming?
Chiming is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃaɪmɪŋ/.
What is the plural of chiming?
The plural of chiming is chimings.

Words near chiming in the dictionary

  1. Chimilas
  2. chiminage
  3. chiminages
  4. chiminea
  5. chimineas
  6. chiming
  7. chiming in
  8. chiming up
  9. chimingly
  10. chimings
  11. Chiminigagua

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chiming (page history and authors); chime (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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