Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bell_ringing

3 senses of bell ringing

Sense 1
bell ringing -- (the sound of someone playing a set of bells)
       => ring, ringing, tintinnabulation -- (the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe)

Sense 2
electioneering, bell ringing, canvassing -- (persuasion of voters in a political campaign)
       => persuasion, suasion -- (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)

Sense 3
bell ringing, carillon, carillon playing -- (playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower)
       => music -- (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest")