noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

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

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of chime form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"Far away a chiming clock struck out the quarters of the hours, but otherwise a deathly silence lay upon the old house."

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