2. Verb. (third-person singular of doorbell) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doorbells
1. doorbell [n] - See also: doorbell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doorbells
Literary usage of Doorbells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marketing and Housework Manual by S. Agnes Donham (1917)
"Answer doorbells and telephone, if the family is away. Prepare bedrooms for the
night. ... Alternate with the cook in the evening, answering doorbells. ..."
2. Common Science by Carleton Wolsey Washburne (1920)
"The electric motors in submarines and electric automobiles would instantly stop;
battery flashlights would go out as quickly as the fire; no doorbells would ..."
3. Civic Science in the Home by George William Hunter, Walter George Whitman (1921)
"This is the kind of electricity which we use in ringing our doorbells, in running
our motors, and in lighting our homes. We have ail seen what electricity ..."
4. WMD Machete by Mark Plimsoll (2006)
"We invented names to describe breasts; bananas, or cupcakes, snow cones with a
cherry, bags of milk, but our favorite was giant doorbells. ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"... or misfortune has left the people little more than the walls of their houses
and the roofs above them. Windows are broken, doorbells have been torn off, ..."
6. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"I think that ringing doorbells and talking people into letting me nail an access
point to their walls sounds like a lot of fun. Really, I'm not kidding. ..."
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