single word requests - What do you call the sound of a bell?
Sep 11, 2011 · The sound of a hand held brass bell, to me, is "ding-a-ling." "Tinkle" would apply at best to a very small bell (and at worst is slang for urinate as I commented above), and "brrring" would apply to the repeated hammering on a bell such as one used to hear telephones or school bells make. "Bling" is slang for gaudy jewellery!
etymology - What caused bell peppers to be called capsicums in …
Aug 24, 2016 · 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 241 Bell Pepper. The fruit is large..somewhat shaped like a bell.. . . ("pepper, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2016. Web. 24 August 2016. Sense 3.) Capsicum, on the other hand, is first attested as a botanical term for the plant in 1664, and as a term for the plant's fruit in 1725. ("capsicum, n."
What does "hell's bells" refer to? - English Language & Usage …
Aug 24, 2020 · The Phrase Finder is a recommended reference. << What's the origin of the phrase 'Hell's bells'? The exclamation 'Hell's bells' has been used in both the UK and the USA since at least the mid-19th century.
What's the word to refer to the "ringing" sound of the bell in …
May 28, 2017 · 1 A bell or a metal bar or tube, typically one of a set tuned to produce a melodious series of ringing sounds when struck. 1.1 A melodious ringing sound produced by striking a set of chimes. ‘I hear the chimes of the hour from the courthouse’ (Oxford. There is a …
A figure of speech to illustrate the irreversibility of an action
May 2, 2016 · Personally I like "You can't unring that bell" as deadrat mentioned above. The phrase refers to the fact that you can't un-hear a bell that has been rung. There's a nice essay about its history here: Unring the Bell (impossibility of taking back a statement or action)
"Lunch" vs. "dinner" vs. "supper" — times and meanings?
Apr 24, 2011 · @Mitch: As an American, I'd mostly agree with Matthias that "lunch" refers to a noon-time meal and "supper" to an evening meal regardless of size, while "dinner" specifically refers to a larger or more formal meal.
grammar - Why "go off", as in "alarm went off"? - English …
It dates from medieval England when households revolved around a fire upon which a pot would be continuously simmering. This was linked to some sort of bell which would chime continuously. If the fire went off, the energy (heat) from the fire would stop the chiming thus causing the alarm. Hence we use the phrase when the alarm goes off!
grammar - how much vegetables or how many vegetables?
Jul 8, 2014 · How many chopped bell peppers is acceptable (2), as is how many bell peppers do I chop. How much bell peppers do I chop is not ok, although how much chopped bell pepper is. The former is refering to the bell peppers and requires a number answer refering directly to the bell peppers, the later refers to a unit (cups, grams, hogsheads, etc.) of ...
"Here's looking at you, kid" meaning?
Jan 27, 2015 · The toast goes back more than half a century before the scriptwriters of Casablanca used it in 1942.. From Anonymous, A Holiday Skip to the Far West (1884), we have this scene set in the Southern Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri:
word choice - What types of sounds do cars make? - English …
Jul 1, 2012 · A driving car makes a different sound than a car that is starting up. A driving car might purr if it's a good car, or hum or drone.