Ringing

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of sounding or of causing to sound, as sonorous metallic bodies; the art or act of making music with bells.
  • noun. A ringing sound; the hearing of a sound as of ringing.
  • noun. Decoration by means of rings or circlets; rings collectively.
  • noun. In horticulture, the operation of cutting out a circle of bark. See ring, transitive verb, 6.
  • Having or giving the sound of a bell or other resonant metallic body; resounding: as, a ringing voice; ringing cheers.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • a & n. from ring, v.
  • a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The sound of ringing.
  • noun. The quality of being resonant.
  • 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.
  • adjective. Loud and clear.
  • adjective. Made forcefully; powerful.
  • verb. Present participle of ring.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the sound of a bell ringing
  • noun. having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
  • noun. the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
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    "“Unthinkable!” he announced, the word ringing like steel."
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