DOORBELL

Doorbell

A doorbell is a signaling device typically placed near an entry door to a building. When a visitor presses a button the bell rings inside the building, alerting the occupant to the presence of the visitor. Although the first doorbells were mechanical, activated by pulling a cord, modern doorbells are electric — they are actuated by an electric switch.

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doorbell

Noun

  1. A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.
  2. A button that actives an electric doorbell.

Verb

  1. To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
  2. To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
    We doorbelled the whole district in an effort to get out the vote.


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