chime in

/tʃaɪm ɪn/

Other forms: chimed in; chimes in; chiming in

When you chime in, you offer your opinion or add your voice to a conversation. If your friends are discussing where to go for dinner, you could chime in, "Anywhere but the pizza place!"

Some students are quick to chime in during classes, answering the teacher's questions and asking their own as well. When you attend a lecture by a famous writer, it's appropriate to chime in during question and answer sessions, but it's not okay to chime in while she's reading aloud from her latest book. Chime in originally meant "to join harmoniously in music."

Definitions of chime in

1. verb

   break into a conversation
   “her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation”

   synonyms: barge in, break in, butt in, chisel in, cut in, put in

   types:

   disrupt, interrupt

   interfere in someone else's activity

   cut in

   interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner

   cut short

   cause to end earlier than intended

   type of:

   break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt

   make a break in