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The sound of a bell ringing
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tintinnabulation
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so volumnously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn: ring , ringing ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tintinnabulation \Tin`tin*nab`u*la"tion\, n. A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells. --Poe.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"the ringing of bells," 1823, from Latin tintinnabulum "bell," from tintinnare "to ring, jingle" (reduplicated form of tinnire "to ring," from an imitative base) + instrumental suffix -bulum . Earlier forms in English were adjectives tintinnabulary (1787), ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tintinnabulation is the lingering sound of a ringing bell that occurs after the bell has been struck. This word was invented by Edgar Allan Poe as used in the first stanza of his poem The Bells .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A tinkling sound, as of a bell or of breaking glass. 2 The ringing of bells.
Usage examples of tintinnabulation.
Pretty soon Padre Sinkovich, who had unearthed enough skeletons to start a mail-order Hal-loween business, was staggering around with bloodshot delirious eyes, furiously booting innumerable bones every which way as the magnificent tintinnabulation somewhere down there literally drove him bananas.
I feel sure that this rings a tiny tintinnabulation in the distant belfries of my memory.
Clatter and tintinnabulation of ringing metal against metal chimes and gongs in the car around us.
Corbi sang and mingled magic syllables with the tintinnabulation of her singing silver bells.
I have smiled to think how grand his magnificent titular appendages sounded in his own ears and what a feeble tintinnabulation they made in mine.
As if in bright welcome, the sun flashed vast tintinnabulations from scores of house windows.
As they lowered their goblets the deep throb of the curfew gong sent little sympathetic tintinnabulations from the engraved crystal.
It thrummed through the building, creating tintinnabulations on all sides so that the very air quivered to the solemn beat.