chime n.
1. (US) false praise, empty flattery, esp. when aimed at tricking or defrauding its object [note 17C–18C chime, a mere empty ‘jingle’ of words].
![]() | (con. 19C) Juba to Jive. |
2. (US black) one hour.
![]() | New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 253: chime (n.): hour. Ex., ‘I got in at six chimes’. | |
![]() | ‘Jiver’s Bible’ in Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive. | |
![]() | Really the Blues 164: We could at least [...] forget our misery for a couple of chimes. | |
, | ![]() | DAS. |