bell ringing

1. 1.

   the sound of someone playing a set of bells

   Broaderring
2. 2.

   persuasion of voters in a political campaign

   Synonymselectioneeringcanvassing

   Broaderpersuasion
3. 3.

   playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower

   Synonymscarilloncarillon playing

   Broadermusic

   Narrowerchange ringing

Questions about bell ringing

What does bell ringing mean?

bell ringing means "the sound of someone playing a set of bells". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bell ringing?

Close synonyms include electioneering, canvassing, carillon, carillon playing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bell ringing a common word?

bell ringing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.