A surname from German.

present participle of bell

Bellowing; the sound of a male deer during the rutting season / (US, Indiana, Western Pennsylvania) A shivaree.

plural of belling

plural of Belling

(transitive) To attach a bell to. / (transitive) To shape so that it flares out like a bell. / (slang, transitive) To telephone.

(intransitive) To bellow or roar. / (transitive) To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.

The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.

A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

(nautical) Ship's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time. / Short for bell-bottoms.