A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
The sound of such an instrument or device.
An individual ringing component of such a set.
A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
To make the sound of a chime.
To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
To agree; to correspond.
A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.
A button that activates an electric doorbell.
To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.