transitive. To ring (a bell); in later use esp. to ring slowly and solemnly, as for a death or at a funeral, to toll; also absol. Obsolete.

transitive. To produce or sound (a peal, knell, changes, etc.) on a bell or bells; to perform on a bell or bells. Also with out. Also in…

To clink, to ring (a bell).

transitive. to ring out: to make (a bell or bells) sound loudly and clearly.

transitive. To ring, toll (a bell); = knell, v. 2. Also figurative. Now archaic and dialect.

transitive. To cause (a great bell) to sound by pulling the rope, esp. in order to give an alarm or signal; to ring (a great bell). archaic or rheto…

transitive. To cause (a small bell, a glass, etc.) to emit a thin, clear, usually high-pitched ringing sound.

To ring or toll a bell, esp. without giving it a full swing (see quot. 1808). Scottish.

transitive. To cause (a bell, cymbal, etc.) to make a continued light ringing sound. Also more generally: to ring (a bell). Formerly also with †out.

transitive. Campanology. To sound (a stationary bell) by pulling a rope attached to its clapper so that the clapper strikes the side of the bell; = c…

transitive. Bell-ringing. To sound (a bell) by pulling a rope attached to the clapper.

intransitive and transitive. To toll, knell, or ring slowly, as a bell; = jow, v. 2. Chiefly dialect.

transitive. To strike (a bell, etc.) so that a musical sound is given forth. See quot. 1880.