Of a bell or device with similar functions. intransitive. Originally: (of a bell sounded by a hammer or clapper) to give out a clear metallic note…

intransitive. Of a bell: To ring; now esp. for a death or at a funeral; to toll.

intransitive. To make the sharp abrupt metallic sound described under clink, n.1

Formerly said of a bell; to tinkle.

To make a discordant or unmusical noise; to sound or ‘jingle’ harshly or discordantly.

intransitive. Of a bell: To give forth sounds of this character by being tolled; also quasi-impersonal (quot. 1729). Also said of a clock striking…

intransitive. Of a bell or clock: To sound, ring a knell, toll; = knell, v. 3. Now chiefly dialect.

figurative (transitive and intransitive).

intransitive. Of bells: to give forth a recurring cadence of full, mellow tones; of a song: to sound or be uttered in a full, rolling, or jovial…

intransitive. To ring, as a bell; to tinkle.

Of a (suspended) bell: To give forth a sound by swinging; to sound, ring out.

intransitive. To make a succession of ringing sounds (often two alternating ones differing in tone or force), esp. that made by the ringing of a…

intransitive. Of a bell: To sound its note.

intransitive. Of a bell: To toll or ring. Scottish.

intransitive. Of bells: To sound or crash together.

Of a bell or device with similar functions. intransitive. Scottish. to ring in: to sound to indicate that a church service is about to start…

intransitive. To make a ringing sound, such as that of a bell; to tinkle, jingle. Cf. dindle, v. 1a, tingle, v. 5.

intransitive. Of a peal of bells: To begin ringing.

intransitive. Of a bell: to ring or resound.

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

(intransitive) to ring, tinkle.

intransitive. To emit a deep ringing sound, as a bell when struck. Also with cognate object. Cf. tang, v.2 1 3.