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A bicycle bell is a percussive signaling instrument mounted on a bicycle for warning pedestrians and other cyclists.

Wikipedia says that a bicycle bell produces a "ding-ding" sound, and so, since I'm not sure that "ding-ding" sound is the better choice currently in use, I wonder whether there is a single term with which one can more properly indicate this sound.

After some searches I focused my attention on "clang", "to make a loud metallic ringing sound", but I'm not sure it is the right term.

Thus, my question is, is there a term for the sound of a bicycle bell?

Best Answer

you should say jingle

a tinkling or clinking sound, as of small bells or of small pieces of resonant metal repeatedly struck one against another.

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Another word as correctly suggested in the comment below (@PLL) and in the definition above is tinkle

to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell.

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