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BELL RINGING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

Synonyms:

bell ringing; carillon; carillon playing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bell ringing" is a kind of...):

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bell ringing"):

change ringing (ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Persuasion of voters in a political campaign

Synonyms:

bell ringing; canvassing; electioneering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bell ringing" is a kind of...):

persuasion; suasion (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The sound of someone playing a set of bells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("bell ringing" is a kind of...):

ring; ringing; tintinnabulation (the sound of a bell ringing)

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