Was like a bell

• Sounded the bell
• Pealed
• "You ___?" (Lurch's question on "The Addams Family")
• "You ___?" (butler's query)
• Went off, as a phone
• Title chameleon of film
• Gave a buzz
• Played the triangle
• Called the butler, in a way

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
past tense of ring (v.1). Middle English, by analogy of sang / sing , etc.