 ringing |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the giving of a ring as a token of engagement | |
| Related terms: | betrothal | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the sound of a bell ringing | |
| Synonyms: | tintinnabulation ring | |
| Examples: | "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 |
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| Related terms: | sound bell_ringing call ring ring tintinnabulate | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected | |
| Synonyms: | reverberant | |
| Examples: | "a reverberant room" "the reverberant booms of cannon" |
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| Related terms: | unreverberant resonant resonant bright jingling hollow tinkling live echoing clinking | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (music) having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | |
| Synonyms: | sonority vibrancy resonance sonorousness reverberance plangency | |
| Related terms: | timbre resonate | |
| Similar spelling: |
rinsing ranging ring_mail |
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