CHIME Synonyms

• a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges

• value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

• the sound of a bell being struck

• ring slowly

• charge a fee for using

• a loud resonant repeating noise

• make a loud noise

• a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)

• make a rattling sound

• a short light metallic sound

• a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

• make a high sound typical of glass

• make or emit a high sound

• a ringing sound

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• go `ding dong', like a bell

• a metallic sound

• make a sound typical of metallic objects

• a metallic sound

• a comic verse of irregular measure

• make a sound typical of metallic objects

• the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something

• ring as in announcing death

• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

• sound with resonance

• be received or understood

• ring or echo with sound

• have a long or continuing effect

• be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves

• to throw or bend back (from a surface)

• spring back; spring away from an impact

• treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace

• a characteristic sound

• a toroidal shape

• a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

• (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

• an association of criminals

• the sound of a bell ringing

• a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle

• jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger

• a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

• sound loudly and sonorously

• ring or echo with sound

• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

• financially secure and safe

• in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay

• the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

• the subjective sensation of hearing something

• mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium

• the sudden occurrence of an audible event

• the audible part of a transmitted signal

• (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

• a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

• a large ocean inlet or deep bay

• exercising or showing good judgment

• in excellent physical condition

• logically valid

• having legal efficacy or force

• vigorous or severe

• free from moral defect

• (of sleep) deep and complete

• complete; thorough

• appear in a certain way

• make a certain noise or sound

• give off a certain sound or sounds

• announce by means of a sound

• utter with vibrating vocal chords

• cause to sound

• measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

• a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges

• value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

• the sound of a bell being struck

• ring slowly

• charge a fee for using

• a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

• a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

• a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

• English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)

• the sound of a bell being struck

• United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)

• (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.

• the shape of a bell

• a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

• the flared opening of a tubular device

• attach a bell to

• a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick

• a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

• sound a gong

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

• an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

• a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

• sound of rapid vibration

• a confusion of activity and gossip

• make a buzzing sound

• fly low

• be noisy with activity

• call with a buzzer

• a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed

• a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound

• set of bells hung in a bell tower

• playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower