ringing

Meanings

• the sound of a bell ringing; ; ; --E. A. Poe
  • "the ringing of the telephone"
  • "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"
• the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
• having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
• sound loudly and sonorously
• ring or echo with sound
• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

Synonyms

band, border, call, call up, echo, environ, knell, peal, phone, plangency, resonance, resound, reverberance, reverberate, ring, skirt, sonority, sonorousness, surround, telephone, tintinnabulation, vibrancy