01 n. The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.
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1.
The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.
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2.
An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.(Horol.)
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3.
a stupid or foolish person; -- used in a deprecatory or contemptuous sense.[slang]