chime up in English

Forms: chimes up [present, singular, third-person], chiming up [participle, present], chimed up [participle, past], chimed up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Perhaps confusion of chime in and pipe up. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chime up (third-person singular simple present chimes up, present participle chiming up, simple past and past participle chimed up)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps confusion of chime in and pipe up.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chimes up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chiming up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chimed up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chimed up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "To speak suddenly; to make an unexpected contribution to a conversation."
      ],
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          "suddenly",
          "suddenly"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "unexpected",
          "unexpected"
        ],
        [
          "contribution",
          "contribution"
        ],
        [
          "conversation",
          "conversation"
        ]
      ],
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        "(nonstandard) To speak suddenly; to make an unexpected contribution to a conversation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "chime up"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps confusion of chime in and pipe up.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chimes up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chiming up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chimed up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chimed up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
        "English verbs",
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      "glosses": [
        "To speak suddenly; to make an unexpected contribution to a conversation."
      ],
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          "suddenly",
          "suddenly"
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "conversation",
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        ]
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        "(nonstandard) To speak suddenly; to make an unexpected contribution to a conversation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chime up"
}

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"chime up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms