name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Bellowing; the sound of a male deer during the rutting season
2. 2
   a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple wordnet
3. 3
   A shivaree. Pennsylvania, US, Western

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of bell form-of, gerund, participle, present

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from German.

Synonyms

All synonyms

callathumpcallithumpcharivarichivareeshivareeshivaree

Example

More examples

"Have you ever heard a stag belling?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bellynge, equivalent to bell + -ing.

Etymology 2

From bell + -ing.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Belling.

Related phrases

rutting season

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