Crossword clues for doorbell
doorbell
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
doorbell \doorbell\ n. a bell or other sounding device, actuated by a push button at an outer door; the push button activating the bell; alos, the ringing of such a bell; as, I was in the shower and didn't hear the doorbell.
Syn: bell, buzzer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building. 2 A button that actives an electric doorbell. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit. 2 (context transitive English) To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A doorbell is a signaling device typically placed near an entry door to a building. When a visitor presses a button the bell rings inside the building, alerting the occupant to the presence of the visitor. Although the first doorbells were mechanical, activated by pulling a cord, modern doorbells are electric — they are actuated by an electric switch.
Usage examples of "doorbell".
I returned home, Maria answered the doorbell and escorted Mike and Capers into the living room where I was with Ledare.
There was a large metal gate, and next to it a doorbell in its own foot-tall casita sunk into the wall.
Kira rang the doorbell and, within moments, the paneled oak door with the beveled glass windows swung in to reveal Tim Nickle in jogging shorts and T-shirt.
The doorbell jangled as the last of the customers, sated on pins for one day, stepped out.
When he rang the doorbell, he nearly dropped the drawings, which he was able to hold only by hugging them with both his arms against his chest.
The doorbell pealed as she was in the process of attaching ear studs, and she quickly slid her feet into stiletto-heeled pumps, spritzed perfume to a few pulse points, then she caught up her evening purse and headed for the front door.
Moments later the doorbell rang and Colleen remembered she was expecting Audra.
You might have discovered that none of those things have ever been proved, that I've never been convicted of any of them or even brought to trial, that there isn't the single ghost of a charge he could bring against me today, and that I'm known to be getting pretty damn tired of having every dumb cop in creation ringing my doorbell and making me listen to a lot of addlepated blather that he can't prove.
Thank God he was napping when the doorbell rang, & thank God Herb's at work, because the SLB eavesdrops on Herb's mind sometimes, I know he does.
George Bannister and her housekeeper Tina spoke of witnessing, from a kitchen pantry at the rear of the Bannisters' house, a episode involving Jerry Bozer, drunk and disheveled, turning up morning to ring the Hearts' doorbell and to call out piteously for Mrs.
Worse yet, these strangers dared to ring the doorbells of the Thruns, the Bannisters, the Kaisers, the Johnstons.
I had just taken a first naughty swallow when the front doorbell bonged, making my head spin.
The repeated chimings of the doorbell were joined by the fist that pounded on the door.
But such action is not necessary and is not as rare as the citizen who is willing to punch doorbells and lick stamps.
As a result of punching thousands of doorbells and talking with many, many men and women I am of the opinion that women usually know less about political issues than men and consequently are less inclined to realize that political issues are of moral consequence.