bell ringer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English belringer, belle ringer, bellryngar, belryngere, equivalent to bell + ringer.
Meanings
- A person, especially one of a group, who rings bells.
- (derogatory) A door-to-door salesman.
- An assignment, done regularly at the beginning of a class, and intended as a warm-up before other classroom activities.
-
A type of anatomy exam in which students must answer questions at a series of stations and move on to the next station when a bell is rung.
In Health Sciences, Dr. Ball was always available to us in the anatomy lab giving us tips and tricks for bell ringers. You can tell he genuinely cares about teaching, because why else would he wear a uterus costume!
2018 May 24, “Meet today's Faculty of Health Sciences valedictorian”, in McMaster Daily News, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bellringer | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bell-ringer | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bell ringers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
belfry · bell tower · church bell · campanologist
Synonyms
Translations (43)
nl klokkenluidster (bell ringer) · nrf sonneux (bell ringer) · hy ժամկոչ (bell ringer) · da ringer (bell ringer) · cs zvonice (bell ringer) · ro clopotar (bell ringer) · de Glöckner (bell ringer) · nn klokkar (bell ringer) · nb klokker (bell ringer) · sk zvonár (bell ringer) · da klokker (bell ringer) · sh zvonar (bell ringer) · pl dzwonnik (bell ringer) · el κωδωνοκρούστης (bell ringer) · gl sineira (bell ringer) · lt varpininkas (bell ringer) · sv klockringare (bell ringer) · cs zvoník (bell ringer) · uk дзвона́рка (bell ringer) · fi kellonsoittaja (bell ringer) · fr sonneuse de cloches (bell ringer) · el κωδωνοκρούστης (bell ringer) · pt sineira (bell ringer) · nl klokkenluider (bell ringer) · gl sineiro (bell ringer) · es campanero (bell ringer) · fr sonneur de cloches (bell ringer) · hu harangozó (bell ringer) · ga clogaire (bell ringer) · fr sonneuse (bell ringer) · it campanaro (bell ringer) · sv ringare (bell ringer) · lt varpininkė (bell ringer) · hy ժամհար (bell ringer) · fo klokkari (bell ringer) · fr sonneur (bell ringer) · es campanera (bell ringer) · uk дзвона́р (bell ringer) · pt sineiro (bell ringer) · it campanara (bell ringer) · nb ringer (bell ringer) · ru звона́рь (bell ringer) · de Glöcknerin (bell ringer)