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Chimes

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gongnoun(music) A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a loud resonant sound when struck with a soft hammer.
bellnoun(music) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
beatingsnounThe pulsation of the heart.
bellsnoun(nautical) Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.
blowsnounA surname.
canterburynounA cathedral city in Kent, England.
coupsnounA coup d'état.
knocksnounAn abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
pealsnounA loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
punchesnoun(countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
roundsnounA surname transferred from the nickname for a descendant of a round or fat person.
shotsnounThe result of launching a projectile or bullet.
stabnounAn act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
strokesnounAn act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
tinklesnoun(informal, euphemistic) An act of urination.
tintinnabulationnounThe ringing of bells.
trumpetsnounA plant (Sarracenia flava) with long, hollow leaves.
chirpsnounA short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
beepingnounAn instance of beeping; a sound that beeps.
glockenspielnoun(music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood.

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