ALL meanings of ring a bell
ring a bell
R r - noun ring a bell the stroke or sound of such an instrument: We rose at the bell. 1
- idioms ring a bell with bells on, Informal. eagerly; ready to enjoy oneself: Just say when, and we'll be there with bells on. 1
- idioms ring a bell saved by the bell, (of a boxer) saved from a knockout by the ringing of a gong signaling the end of a round. (of any person) spared from anticipated trouble by some extraneous event. 1
- idioms ring a bell ring someone's bell, to provide what is desired; be satisfactory or successful: This new book just doesn't ring my bell. Slang. to arouse sexually or bring someone to orgasm. Also, ring the bell. 1
- idioms ring a bell ring a bell, to evoke a memory, especially a vague or partial recollection; remind one of something: His name rings a bell but I can't remember him. 1
- idioms ring a bell bell the cat. cat (def 19). 1
- verb without object ring a bell Botany. to produce bells; be in bell (said of hops when the seed vessels are forming). 1
- verb without object ring a bell to take or have the form of a bell. 1
- verb with object ring a bell to put a bell on. 1
- verb with object ring a bell to cause to swell or expand like a bell (often followed by out): Belling out the tubes will permit a freer passage of air. 1
- noun ring a bell Metallurgy. a conical lid that seals the top of a blast furnace and lowers to admit a charge. 1
- noun ring a bell Botany. the bell-shaped corolla of a flower. 1
- noun ring a bell Zoology. umbrella (def 2). 1
- noun ring a 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
- noun ring a bell Architecture. the underlying part of a foliated capital. 1
- noun ring a 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 a bell anything in the form of a bell. 1
- noun ring a 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 a bell to sound familiar; recall to the mind something previously experienced, esp indistinctly 0
- noun ring a bell to sound familiar; remind one of something, esp indistinctly 0
- noun ring a bell to stir up a memory; sound familiar 0