ring someone's bell

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Definitions of ring someone's bell words

noun ring someone's bell a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like. 1
noun ring someone's bell the stroke or sound of such an instrument: We rose at the bell. 1
noun ring someone's bell anything in the form of a bell. 1
noun ring someone's bell the large end of a funnel, or the end of a pipe, tube, or any musical wind instrument, when its edge is turned out and enlarged. 1
noun ring someone's bell Architecture. the underlying part of a foliated capital. 1
noun ring someone's bell Nautical. any of the half-hour units of nautical time rung on the bell of a ship. each individual ring of the bell, counted with others to reckon the time: It is now four bells. a signal on the telegraph of a large power vessel, made between the navigating officers and the engineer. 1

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English, Old English belle; cognate with Dutch bel; derivative of bell2

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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