RINGTONES Synonyms

• a short high tone produced as a signal or warning

• make a strident noise

• call, summon, or alert with a beeper

• A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.

• A whisper.

• The audible friction of voice consonants.

• A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

• A telephone call or e-mail.

• Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.

• To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

• To show a high level of activity and haste (alluding to the common simile "busy as a bee"). Often in the colloquial imperative "Buzz off!"

• To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.

• To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

• To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.

• To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.

• To drink to the bottom.

• To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.

• a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

• emit a sound

• a metallic sound

• a comic verse of irregular measure

• make a sound typical of metallic objects

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

• a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

• a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya

• hit with a pinging noise

• sound like a car engine that is firing too early

• make a short high-pitched sound

• contact, usually in order to remind of something

• send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active

• any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

• any incitement to action

• an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

• notably out of the ordinary

• communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

• be a signal for or a symptom of

• financially secure and safe

• in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay

• the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

• the subjective sensation of hearing something

• mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium

• the sudden occurrence of an audible event

• the audible part of a transmitted signal

• (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

• a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

• a large ocean inlet or deep bay

• exercising or showing good judgment

• in excellent physical condition

• logically valid

• having legal efficacy or force

• vigorous or severe

• free from moral defect

• (of sleep) deep and complete

• complete; thorough

• appear in a certain way

• make a certain noise or sound

• give off a certain sound or sounds

• announce by means of a sound

• utter with vibrating vocal chords

• cause to sound

• measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

• the quality of a person's voice

• (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages

• (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

• a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

• a steady sound without overtones

• the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli

• a musical interval of two semitones

• the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author

• utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

• vary the pitch of one's speech

• change the color or tone of

• change to a color image

• give a healthy elasticity to