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Definition of Ringing
1. Noun. The sound of a bell ringing. "The tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"
Generic synonyms: Sound
Specialized synonyms: Bell Ringing
Derivative terms: Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Ring, Tintinnabulate
2. Noun. The giving of a ring as a token of engagement.
3. Noun. Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant.
Generic synonyms: Quality, Timber, Timbre, Tone
Derivative terms: Plangent, Resonant, Resonate, Reverberant, Reverberate, Ring, Sonorous, Sonorous, Vibrate
Definition of Ringing
1. Noun. The sound of ringing. ¹
2. Noun. The quality of being resonant. ¹
3. Noun. A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings. ¹
4. Adjective. Loud and clear. ¹
5. Adjective. Made forcefully; powerful. ¹
6. Verb. (present participle of ring) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ringing
1. ring [v] - See also: ring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringing
Literary usage of Ringing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"That ringing of more bells than one that day is not to be justified b. ix.
No solemn feasts nor wedding dinners to be made on that day, with permission, ..."
2. The Illustrated Magazine of Art (1854)
"An old and charming kind of music is that of bells ¡ and there are few of us who
do not associate some of the pleasantest ideas with their ringing. ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"... but greater'regularity and consequent, increased clearness of note, as is
obtained by the ordinary manual procesa of ringing. "To enable others to make ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"How the South'e great heart rejoices, At your cannons' ringing voices ! To arms !
&c. For faith betrayed, and pledges broken. ..."
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