Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chime up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: chime up
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To speak suddenly; to make an unexpected contribution to a conversation.

Etymology

Perhaps confusion of chime in and pipe up.

Inflected Forms

chimes up (present, singular) chiming up (participle, present) chimed up (participle, past) chimed up (past)

Questions

What does chime up mean?: To speak suddenly; to make an unexpected contribution to a conversation.
Where does chime up come from?: Perhaps confusion of chime in and pipe up.

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