noun

• (music) 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.
  "Hugo had a recording of someone playing the chimes against a background of surf noise that she found calming."

verb

• (intransitive) To make the sound of a chime.
  "The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking."
• (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."
• (transitive) To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
  "Chime his childish verse."
• (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."