knell

knell has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything.
• n.. To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.
• v. t.. To summon, as by a knell.
• n.. the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
• v.. make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"
• v.. ring as in announcing death