Explore further
Words connected by meaning
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
Aspirate
noun · 78% connection
A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Bell
verb · 78% connection
To put a bell upon; as, to bell the cat.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Bell crank
unknown · 78% connection
A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Clank
noun · 78% connection
A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resoun…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Clapper
noun · 78% connection
That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Clink
verb · 78% connection
To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Crack
noun · 78% connection
A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Curfew
noun · 78% connection
The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- insti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Dingdong
noun · 78% connection
The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Gong
noun · 78% connection
A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Gurgle
noun · 78% connection
The act of gurgling; a broken, bubbling noise. "Tinkling gurgles."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Jingle
verb · 78% connection
To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Knell
noun · 78% connection
The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Muricated
adjective · 78% connection
Formed with sharp points; full of sharp points or of pickles; covered, or roughened, as a surface, with sharp points or excrescences.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Quality
noun · 78% connection
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Ring
verb · 78% connection
To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Sharp
superl. · 78% connection
Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
Sharpen
adjective · 78% connection
To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sharp, sound, bell, tinkling.
