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ringing

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: ringing

1
 n
the sound of a bell ringing
2
 n
the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: ringing
1

n the sound of a bell ringing

“the ringing of the telephone”
“"the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe”
Synonyms:
ring, tintinnabulation
Types:
bell ringing
the sound of someone playing a set of bells
Type of:
sound
the sudden occurrence of an audible event

n having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant

Synonyms:
plangency, resonance, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy
Type of:
quality, timber, timbre, tone
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
2

n the giving of a ring as a token of engagement

Type of:
betrothal, engagement, troth
a mutual promise to marry
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