Summoned to the door

• Tried to get a hold of, in a way
• Made a jingle
• Went off, as a phone
• Buzzed
• "You ___?" (Lurch's question)
• Sounded a doorbell
• Pealed
• "You ___?" (Lurch's query)

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See ring

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.