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Definition: Belling |
BellingNoun1. A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "belling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references) |
Synonyms: BellingSynonyms: callathump (n), callithump (n), charivari (n), chivaree (n), shivaree (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Belling |
| Specialty definitions using "belling": belling machine operator. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Belling" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 53.33% of the time. "Belling" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 53.33% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 40% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 6.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "belling" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Belling | Last name | 170 | 44,578 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
belling mark | 37 |
belling | 14 |
belling cookers | 9 |
belling lee | 4 |
belling layton | 3 |
belling cooker | 2 |
associate belling layton | 2 |
belling dancing | 2 |
belling shanghai | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "belling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Ukranian | Період Парування. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "belling": corbelling, labelling, libelling, mislabelling, radiolabelling, rebelling, relabelling. (additional references) | |
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"Belling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aberllong, ballin, belin, Beling, bellan, bellani, bellen, Bellena, bellenger, bellig, belline, Bellings, Bellona, bellong, Belloni, Bellringle, Berlanga, Berling, Bolling, bollingen, bollini, bueling, Byllynge, Ebling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "belling" (pronounced be"ling) |
| 5 | b e" l i ng | rebelling. |
| 4 | -e" l i ng | compelling, dispelling, dwelling, excelling, expelling, felling, foretelling, helling, Melling, misspelling, outselling, propelling, quelling, rappelling, repelling, reselling, retelling, selling, shelling, smelling, Snelling, spelling, swelling, telling, welling, yelling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rattling, raveling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, rescheduling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, settling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-g-i-l-l-n" | |
-2 letters: begin, being, bilge, binge, ingle, libel. | |
-3 letters: bell, bile, bill, bine, blin, gibe, gien, gill, glen, glib, lien, line, ling, nill. | |
-4 letters: beg, bel, ben, big, bin, ell, eng, gel, gen, gib, gie, gin, ill, leg, lei, lib, lie, lin, neb, nib, nil. | |
-5 letters: be, bi, el, en, in, li, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-g-i-l-l-n" | |
+1 letter: bellying, labeling, libeling. | |
+2 letters: befalling, begalling, bellowing, bevelling, billeting, bowelling, bulleting, labelling, libelling, rebelling, rebilling. | |
+3 letters: barrelling, belittling, bushelling, corbelling, euglobulin, eyeballing, ineligible, negligible, negligibly, prebilling, relabeling. | |
+4 letters: bedevilling, beguilingly, bejewelling, belligerent, bellyaching, bookselling, bulletining, embowelling, euglobulins, fireballing, gibberellin, ineligibles, mislabeling, overbilling, relabelling, umbrellaing. | |
+5 letters: agglutinable, balneologies, becudgelling, bedrivelling, belligerence, belligerency, belligerents, billingsgate, blisteringly, bloodletting, blunderingly, blusteringly, booksellings, curveballing, disbowelling, embellishing, gibberellins, intelligible, intelligibly, liberalising, liberalizing, mislabelling, speedballing, spellbinding. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6C 6C 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . .-.. .-.. .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e l l i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006C 006C 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36717878758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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