The sound made by a bell when struck or rung, esp. the sound of a bell rung slowly and solemnly, as immediately after a death or at a funeral.

A ringing sound or noise, esp. of a bell.

the sound or music of a bell.

The act of causing a bell or resonant object to sound. Also in various extended uses.

The action of clink, v.1; the making of a sharp metallic sound.

Originally: (a name for) a bell or gong. Later chiefly: a succession of ringing sounds (often two alternating ones differing in tone or force), esp…

A word sometimes apparently purely echoic, denoting the strong ringing note produced when a large bell or any sonorous body is suddenly struck with…

The action of jangle, v., in its various senses; now chiefly, wrangling, noisy altercation; dissonant or discordant din of voices, bells, etc.

Scottish. A single stroke or pull in the ringing of a bell; the ringing, tolling, or sound of a bell.

= bell-ringing.

The action or an instance of making a metallic, often high-pitched ringing sound, such as that of a bell, or a sound resembling or imitating this…

A single stroke of a bell; the tolling, knell, or clang of a bell: cf. jow, n. 2. Chiefly dialect.

A ringing of a bell or bells, bell-ringing; the sound or music so produced.

The ringing of a bell; an instance of this.