Free TranslationFree Translation
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Bell ringing   /bɛl rˈɪŋɪŋ/   Listen
Bell ringing

noun
1.
The sound of someone playing a set of bells.
2.
Persuasion of voters in a political campaign.  Synonyms: canvassing, electioneering.
3.
Playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower.  Synonyms: carillon, carillon playing.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Bell ringing" Quotes from Famous Books



... took place on March 4, 1801, at Washington, to which city the government was removed from Philadelphia in the summer of 1800. [23] Everywhere the day was celebrated with bell ringing, cannonading, dinners, and parades. The people had triumphed; "the Man of the People" was President. Monarchy, aristocracy, and Federalism, it was said, had ...
— A Brief History of the United States • John Bach McMaster
... strikes on the dewy stillness. It is the mission bell ringing for morning mass; and if you look yonder you may see the Franciscan friars going to prayers, with their loose grey gowns, their girdle of rope, their sandaled feet, and their jingling rosaries; and perhaps a ...
— A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story • Kate Douglas Wiggin


Words linked to "Bell ringing" :   suasion, ring, carillon, ringing, tintinnabulation, music, change ringing, persuasion


Copyright © 2024 e-Free Translation.com