Synonyms:
ring, ringing, tintinnabulation
Meaning: the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe
Synonyms:
ringing
Meaning: the giving of a ring as a token of engagement
Usage examples
Where is that bell ringing?
Do you hear, there's a bell ringing?
A loud ringing at the doorbell awakened me.
The bell began ringing and Mitya was driven off.
Some visitors have just called in upon me, and they say the town is ringing with the news."
"Yes, yes, for ever, for ever!" the boys cried in their ringing voices, with softened faces.
He lapsed away, even for minutes, ringing those measured changes on his hands the whole time.
Dan, a mild-faced, baldish figure in a shapeless military surgeon's uniform, was ringing the bell.
He was checked in his transports by the churches ringing out the lustiest peals he had ever heard.
He was checked in his transports by the churches ringing out the lustiest peals he had ever heard.