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single word requests - What do you call the sound of a bell? - English . . . The sound of a hand held brass bell, to me, is "ding-a-ling " "Tinkle" would apply at best to a very small bell (and at worst is slang for urinate as I commented above), and "brrring" would apply to the repeated hammering on a bell such as one used to hear telephones or school bells make "Bling" is slang for gaudy jewellery!
idioms - For whom the bell tolls - origin of ask not instead of . . . HAGSTRUM: I was rather amused to read that after Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls came out with its quotation from John Donne's Devotions people came to the libraries and wanted the complete works of John Donne Here was one book which influenced another much in the same manner as a movie will influence the sale of the book
etymology - What is the origin of rings a bell? - English Language . . . In a series of experiments, Pavlov then tried to figure out how these phenomena were linked For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed If the bell was sounded in close association with their meal, the dogs learnt to associate the sound of the bell with food After a while, at the mere sound of the bell, they responded by drooling
adjectives - Is calling a gerund in calling bell? - English . . . calling-bell It all boils down to whether "calling bell" means a static door bell or a bell that is actively calling in order to seek attention In the static door bell reading it's a compound noun, hyphenated, consisting of a gerund-participle verb + noun, with a purposive meaning: "bell for calling"
meaning - What is ‘a bell-covered hat’? - English Language Usage . . . Harry looked up and saw, floating twenty feet above them, Peeves the Poltergeist, a little man in a bell-covered hat and orange bow tie, his wide, malicious face contorted with concentration as he took aim again (p172, Harry Potter 4, US edition)
orthography - Bell crank, bell-crank or bellcrank? - English Language . . . The second form "bell-crank" tells me that we are talking about bell-shaped crank, or a specialty crank that is only useful for cranking bells, without saying anything of its shape The third form, " bellcrank " tells me that what we are talking about is not a crank , but something related to bells and cranks, or a slang term that is entirely
Idiom similar to saved by the bell - English Language Usage Stack . . . Oxford Languages gives two senses for '[be] saved by the bell: ' escape from a difficult situation narrowly or by an unexpected intervention ' 'or' should of course be 'and or' But do you require the 'last minute' or 'unexpected intervention' sense, or either or both?
single word requests - Is there a term for the sound of a bicycle bell . . . JINGLE BELL PUKY G22 9913-22 MM Another word as correctly suggested in the comment below (@PLL) and in the definition above is tinkle to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell 63mm x 43mm x 54mm Black Bike Bicycle TINKLE BELL
nouns - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Tolling usually refers to one bell being sounded at intervals The carillon referred to by Theresa is something different, where a machine makes the bells play a tune Some church towers have both; a carillon linked to the clock which plays a tune mechanically at certain times of day, and the facility for ringing changes by hand
etymology - What caused bell peppers to be called capsicums in some . . . 1707 H Sloane Voy Islands I 241 Bell Pepper The fruit is large somewhat shaped like a bell ("pepper, n " OED Online Oxford University Press, June 2016 Web 24 August 2016 Sense 3 ) Capsicum, on the other hand, is first attested as a botanical term for the plant in 1664, and as a term for the plant's fruit in 1725 ("capsicum, n "