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ring the welkins

ring the welkins is the alternative form of make the welkin ring.

Meaning of make the welkin ring

Verb

make the welkin ring (third-person singular simple present makes the welkin ring, present participle making the welkin ring, simple past and past participle made the welkin ring)

  1. To make a loud noise.
    • The 0-8-4 with its 13 six-wheel coaches generally managed to keep "neck-and-neck" with the Tredegar 0-6-0 and its load of five or six coaches, but the combined effort made the welkin ring and excitement reigned among both the train-crews and passengers.1953 April, J. M. Dunn, “Memories of the L.N.W.R. 0-8-4 Tank Engines”, in Railway Magazine, page 237
  2. (idiomatic) To celebrate or revel.
    • There was nothing like that spirit which, when the heart goes with the decree of the ruler, makes the welkin ring with its unregulated rejoicings.1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter IV, page 44

Forms of ring the welkins

third-person singular presentrings the welkins
present participleringing the welkins
pastrang the welkins
past participlerung the welkins

Questions about ring the welkins

What is ring the welkins the alternative form of?
Ring the welkins is the alternative form of make the welkin ring.

Words near ring the welkins in the dictionary

  1. ring system
  2. ring systems
  3. ring tennis
  4. ring the changes
  5. ring the devil's doorbell
  6. ring the welkins
  7. ring theoretic
  8. ring theoretical
  9. ring theorist
  10. ring theorists
  11. ring theory

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