doorbell
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- noun
- /ˈdɔːrˌbɛl/
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- "So when I heard the doorbell a few minutes later, I smiled, thinking Whippy Bird forgot her key."
- ring the doorbell
Get yourself, you know, a Ring doorbell or CCTV.
- Get yourself, you know, a Ring doorbell or CCTV.
- Like when I hear the doorbell, I'm like, oh, maybe it's the Grim Reaper.
- But like, yeah, the Nest Doorbell, I mean, yeah, new speaker, new doorbell, new camera, sure.
- And they blink twice on the on a Ring doorbell.
- Not when the doorbell got Dang damned boy.
- I don't think you didn't buy that Ring doorbell that was already there.
- Just like, 'cause people don't do the doorbells as much anymore.
Examples
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This morning my doorbell rang incessantly.
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"I've got the volume turned way down, so I can hear the doorbell when Felix comes."
Fiction book (1991) -
The whole thing was caught on her doorbell camera.
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Then, from far off in the apartment, comes the sound of the doorbell ringing.
Fiction book (1990) -
About ten minutes later, she was about to step into the shower when the doorbell rang.
Fiction book (1992) -
The next morning at eight, the doorbell rang just as our alarm went off.
Fiction book (1991) -
I was in the kitchen thinking about this, making a pot of tea, when the doorbell rang.
Fiction book (1990) -
Through the open door to the deck, he hears a doorbell ringing, ringing.
Fiction book (1992) -
And as I was filming my doorbell rang and I got a package.
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When the delivery driver pressed the doorbell, we rushed to the front door to greet him.
Synonyms
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A small machine that makes a low, repeating sound to tell people something
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A device that makes a sound to get someone's attention
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A metal object on a door that you lift to make a knocking sound
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A metal piece on a door you lift and hit to make a sound
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A metal object on a door that you lift or hit to show you are there
A button on a door or wall you press to ring a bell at an entrance
A bell that rings when electricity makes a magnet move
A small bell on a shop door that rings when a customer enters or leaves
A cord or handle that you pull to ring a bell and call someone
A device at a building entrance that lets people inside talk to visitors outside before opening the door
A system that lets a person at the door talk to a person inside
A telephone at a building entrance that lets people inside speak to visitors before letting them in
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Etymology
Doorbell joins door ('the entrance to a house or room') and bell ('a metal instrument that makes a ringing sound'), so it literally means a bell at the door used to tell you a visitor has arrived.