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- single word requests - What do you call the sound of a bell? - English . . .
The sound of a hand held brass bell, to me, is "ding-a-ling " "Tinkle" would apply at best to a very small bell (and at worst is slang for urinate as I commented above), and "brrring" would apply to the repeated hammering on a bell such as one used to hear telephones or school bells make "Bling" is slang for gaudy jewellery!
- idioms - For whom the bell tolls - origin of ask not instead of . . .
HAGSTRUM: I was rather amused to read that after Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls came out with its quotation from John Donne's Devotions people came to the libraries and wanted the complete works of John Donne Here was one book which influenced another much in the same manner as a movie will influence the sale of the book
- etymology - What caused bell peppers to be called capsicums in some . . .
1707 H Sloane Voy Islands I 241 Bell Pepper The fruit is large somewhat shaped like a bell ("pepper, n " OED Online Oxford University Press, June 2016 Web 24 August 2016 Sense 3 ) Capsicum, on the other hand, is first attested as a botanical term for the plant in 1664, and as a term for the plant's fruit in 1725 ("capsicum, n "
- meaning - What is ‘a bell-covered hat’? - English Language Usage . . .
Harry looked up and saw, floating twenty feet above them, Peeves the Poltergeist, a little man in a bell-covered hat and orange bow tie, his wide, malicious face contorted with concentration as he took aim again (p172, Harry Potter 4, US edition)
- etymology - What is the origin of rings a bell? - English Language . . .
In a series of experiments, Pavlov then tried to figure out how these phenomena were linked For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed If the bell was sounded in close association with their meal, the dogs learnt to associate the sound of the bell with food After a while, at the mere sound of the bell, they responded by drooling
- grammar - Can something ring me a bell? - English Language Usage . . .
But I could see, in dialectical English, a benefactive interpretation— Buy me a church then ring me a bell — or perhaps as a personal dative— I go a-ringing me a bell for New Year's It's unclear whether the OP is speaking with a native speaker or not –
- single word requests - Interjection for the sound of a bell - English . . .
bell – the sound that a bell makes when it rings bong – a long deep sound that a bell makes chime – a ringing sound made by a bell, or by a clock with a bell inside it ding – the short sound that a bell makes ding-dong – the sound that a bell makes jingle – the sound that small metal objects make when they hit each other
- Where does it comes from pull the other leg, its got bells on?
@Astralbee I was born in Derbyshire in 1949 and I can remember "pull the other one it's got bells on" from the late '50s
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