doorbell

See also: door-bell

English

Etymology

From door +‎ bell.

Pronunciation

Noun

doorbell (plural doorbells)

  1. A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.
  2. A button that activates an electric doorbell.

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Verb

doorbell (third-person singular simple present doorbells, present participle doorbelling, simple past and past participle doorbelled)

  1. (intransitive) To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
  2. (transitive) To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
    We doorbelled the whole district in an effort to get out the vote.

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: dorbel

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