"You ___?" (Lurch's query)

• Pushed the buzzer
• Gave a buzz
• Alerted, in a way
• Went off, in a way
• Tried to get hold of
• Called the butler, in a way
• Summoned help, possibly
• Tolled the bell

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.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: peal ] ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" [syn: resound , echo , reverberate ] make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle ...