Reverse Dictionary: BELL

ADJECTIVES
1571 ► CAMPANAL bell-shaped → obs.
1693 ► CAMPANILIAN pert. to a bell-tower, or peal of bells → obs.
1767 ► TINTINNABULAR pert. to bells or bell-ringing; of the nature of a bell 
1787 ► TINTINNABULARY pert. to bells or bell-ringing; of the nature of a bell 
1791 ► TINTINNABULOUS pert. to bell-ringing 
1800 ► CAMPANOLOGICAL pert. to bells, bell-founding, or bell-ringing 
1812 ► TINTINNABULANT ringing or tinkling as a small bell; jingling 
1827 ► TINTINNABULATORY pert. to bells or bell-ringing 
1869 ► CAMPANARIAN pert. to bell-founding or to bells 
1874 ► TINTINNABULATE bell-shaped 
1883 ► CAMPANISTIC pert. to a bellman 

INTERJECTIONS
1721 ► TAN-TIN! imitation of the sound of a bell → obs.

NOUNS
1200 ► BELL-DREAM the sound or music of a bell → obs.
1398 ► SKELLAT a small bell; a hand-bell, used for ecclesiastical purposes, or by a bellman → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1398 ► TINTINNABULUM a small tinkling bell 
1400 ► SWINGLE the clapper of a bell → obs.
1485 ► WAKERELL a church bell → obs.
1522 ► CROON a loud, deep sound, as the bellow of a bull, or the boom of a large bell → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1555 ► SKIRT the rim or base of a bell 
1567 ► TANTONY BELL a hand-bell; a small church bell 
1600 ► TINKLER a small bell 
1640 ► CAMPANILE a bell-tower; a steeple 
1653 ► CAMPANEL a small bell → obs.
1653 ► SKELLACH a small bell → Sc.
1653 ► TAN-TAN a bell 
1658 ► TINTINNATION a ringing like a bell → obs.
1670 ► TINGLE-TANGLE a confused tinkling or ringing, as a number of bells 
1679 ► BIMBOMS church bells → Eng. dial.
1680 ► TING-TANG the alternating sound made by the ringing of a small bell; hence, a small bell, esp. the smallest bell of a church peal; an unmelodious bell 
1688 ► CANON a metal loop or ‘ear’ at the top of a bell by which it is hung 
1706 ► CAMPANA a church bell 
..19C ► TINGLE-TANGLE a small bell 
1803 ► CARILLON a melody played on the bells 
1809 ► SALLY the lower fully portion of a bell-rope → Eng. dial.
1826 ► TINTINNABULISM the art or practice of bell-ringing 
1827 ► TING the sound of a small bell or of a clock striking → Sc.
1831 ► TINTINNABULATION a ringing of a bell; bell-ringing; the sound of music so produced 
1833 ► TING-A-RING the sound of the continued ringing of a small bell, or the like; ting-a-ling 
1834 ► TINTINNABULE a bell → humorous usage
1836 ► CARILLON a set of bells so hung and arranged as to be capable of being played upon either by manual action or by machinery 
1841 ► TOCSIN a bell used to sound an alarm 
1847 ► CAMPANOLOGY the subject of bells; detailed examination of the principles of bell-founding; bell-ringing 
1854 ► TANTONY a small hand-bell → Eng. dial.
1860 ► A CAGE OF BELLS a set or peal of bells; the frame in which the bells are hung → Eng. dial.
1865 ► TING-A-LING the sound of a bell or of a clock striking → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1872 ► CANNON the part of a bell by which it is suspended 
1877 ► TINTINNABULUM a percussion instrument, consisting of a number of bells suspended in a frame 
1880 ► TANG the sound of a bell, esp. the sound produced by a slow, single stroke on a church bell; the stroke itself → Eng. dial.
..20C ► DING-DONG-DELL a bell → Brit. rhyming sl.
1901 ► TINK the sound of a small bell; a tinkle, a ring → Sc.
1901 ► TINKER a small church bell; the bell rung just before the service begins → Eng. dial.
1902 ► JACKS the chimes or tunes struck on bells → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1903 ► RINGER a bell → sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► RALLY a violent, clamorous ringing of a bell → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1932 ► TONE a tolling stroke of a bell → Amer. dial.
1942 ► DING-DONG a bell → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► DINGER a bell → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► JINGLE-BELL a bell → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TING-A-LING a bell → Amer. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1634 ► STRETCH-ROPE a person who stretches a rope, applied to a bell-ringer → obs.
1800 ► CAMPANOLOGER a person versed in the subject of bells 
1825 ► TINTINNABULARY a bell-ringer 
1830 ► TINTINNABULIST a professional bell-ringer 
1842 ► BEADLE → BEDDLE a town bellman → Sc.
1857 ► CAMPANOLOGIST a person versed in the subject of bells 
1872 ► CAMPANIST a person versed in the subject of bells 
1891 ► BELLETER a bell-founder → hist.
1898 ► BELLSTER a bell-ringer → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► BELL a bellman; a town-crier with a bell → Sc. obs.

VERBS
1300 ► TWINKLE of a bell, musical instrument, etc.: to make a series of sharp light ringing sounds on being struck
1370 ► SMITE of a bell or clock: to strike
1522 ► CROON to bellow as a bull, to roar; to boom as a bell → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1556 ► TANG to strike a bell or the like so as to cause it to emit a sharp loud ringing note 
1708 ► MUZZLE to muffle or deaden the sound of a bell → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
..19C ► RING THE BELLS BACKWARD(S)  to ring bells beginning with the lowest, to give an alarm etc. → arch.
1898 ► RUN AWK to ring as alarm of fire; said of bells → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► DINGLE to strike so as to produce a sound, as a bell → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► JAMBLE to pull a bell rapidly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TING to give the sound of a small bell → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► VOLLEY to clang a peal of bells → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► WAG THE BELLS to set the bells ringing or tolling → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► TINTINNABULATE to ring as a bell, to tinkle 
1937 ► TONE to toll a bell → Amer. dial.