| Noun | 1. | ringing - the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so volumnously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poesound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" | |
| 2. | ringing - the giving of a ring as a token of engagement | |
| 3. | ringing - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonanttimbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" | |
| Adj. | 1. | ringing - having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" | |