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    [Noun]  | "bell" | \ ˈbel \


    1: a hollow metallic device that gives off a reverberating sound when struck

    2: doorbell

    3: the sounding of a bell as a signal

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English belle, from Old English; perhaps akin to Old English bellan to roar {mat|bellow|};

    [Noun]  | "bell" 


    1: bellow, roar

    Origin: 1510 ;

     Noun derivative of {see: |bell:3|bell:3};

    [Noun]  | "bell buoy" 


    1: a buoy with a bell rung by the action of the waves

    Origin: 1823 ;

    [Noun]  | "bell captain" 


    1: captain

    Origin: 1900 ;

    [Noun]  | "bell curve" 


    1: the symmetrical bell-shaped curve of a normal distribution : normal curve

    Origin: 1919 ;

     From the shape;

    [Verb]  | "bell" 


    1: to provide with a bell

    2: to flare the end of (something, such as a tube) into the shape of a bell

    3: to take the form of a bell : flare

    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Verb]  | "bell" 


    1: to make a resonant bellowing or baying sound

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, going back to Old English bellan "to roar" {mat|bellow|};

    [Biographical name]  | "Bell" | \ ˈbel \


    1: Alexander Graham 1847—1922 American (Scottish-born) inventor

    [Geographical name]  | "Bell" | \ ˈbel \


    1: city in southwestern California southeast of Los Angeles population 35,477

    [Plural noun]  | "bell-bot*toms" | \ ˈbel-ˈbä-təmz \


    1: pants with wide flaring bottoms

    Origin: 1904 ;

    [Verb]  | "bell" 


    1: as in howl, wail;



    [Verb]  | "ring" 


    1: to form a circle around;


      * e.g., " ... tall cypress trees ringing the park "



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    2: to travel completely around;


      * e.g., " ... the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block "



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    [Verb]  | "ring" 


    1: to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates;


      * e.g., " ... I didn't hear the doorbell ring "



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    [Verb]  | "ring (up)" 


    1: to make a telephone call to;


      * e.g., " ... our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match "



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    [Plural noun]  | "bell-bottoms" 


    1: as in jeans, corduroys;


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    [Noun]  | "captain" 


    1: a person in overall command of a ship;


      * e.g., " ... the captain is responsible for everything that happens to his ship in the course of a voyage "



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    2: one in official command especially of a military force or base;


      * e.g., " ... the captain of the largest army ever marshaled for battle in this country "



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    3: the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do;


      * e.g., " ... we only do what the captain tells us to, so it's not our fault when things don't work out "



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     [ "bell" ]

    1: Another torture device schools have that deafens the ears of already suffering children as if they're not already suffering enough.

      * e.g.,  ... There goes that damn bell again 

     [ "bell" ]

    1: to call someone (generally by phone)

      * e.g.,  ... 'I told him to bell me but he neva did' 

     [ "bell" ]

    1: To call someone / to be called

      * e.g.,  ... I will bell you later... 

     [ "bell" ]

    1: A collective (arguably evil) entity that consistently overcharges and under provides.

      * e.g.,  ... How the f**k did this month's bell ring in at $600.00?? OMG! Three more years, I must be an idiot! 

     [ "bell" ]

    1: The head of the male organ

      * e.g.,  ... I've got a big purple bell 

     [ "bell" ]

    1:  A thing used to make jingley sounds

      * e.g.,  ... Do you hear the bells? 

     [ "bell" ]

    2:  A money piece in Animal Crossing (video game)

      * e.g.,  ... I have so much bell! 

     [ "bell" ]

    1: somebody who likes to be seen in the right places to hangout in and wears the all the cool clothes.

      * e.g.,  ... look at that lad, he´s such a bell! 

     [ "bell" ]

    1: the quick use of the word 'bell end' often preceded by an adjective

      * e.g.,  ... 'dat boy is a complex bell' 

     [ "bell" ]

    2: see bellend

     [ "bell" ]

    1: To call somebody, either to go to thier house or to phone them, generally by phone, though.

      * e.g.,  ... Yeah I'll give him a bell tommorow 

     [ "bell" ]

    1: To eat langoustine (shrimp)

      * e.g.,  ... Why would you recommend Long John Silver's for dinner? You KNOW I don't bell. 

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