ringing

Noun
Synonyms: ringtintinnabulationplangencyresonancereverberancesonorousnesssonorityvibrancy

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the sound of a bell ringing“the distinctive ring of the church bell”“the ringing of the telephone”“the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells — E. A. Poe”Synonyms: ringtintinnabulation
  2. the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
  3. having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonantSynonyms: plangencyresonancereverberancesonorousnesssonorityvibrancy
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. Rang (r[a^]ng) or Rung (r[u^]ng); p. p. Rung; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.]

1.To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell. [1913 Webster]

2.To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. [1913 Webster]

The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. [1913 Webster]

To ring a peal, to ring a set of changes on a chime of bells.

To ring the changes upon. See under Change.

To ring in or To ring out, to usher, attend on, or celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and ring in the new. --Tennyson.

To ring the bells backward, to sound the chimes, reversing the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Ring \Ring\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ringed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.]

1.To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle. "Ring these fingers." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.(Hort.) To make a ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots. [1913 Webster]

3.To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout. [1913 Webster]

Ringing \Ring"ing\, a & n. from Ring, v. [1913 Webster]

Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes. [1913 Webster]

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