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Definition knell

Etymology

From Middle English knellen, knillen, knyllen, knullen, from Old English cnyllan (“to strike; knock; clap”), from Proto-Germanic *knuzlijan? (“to beat; push; mash”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up”).

Verb

knell (third-person singular simple present knells, present participle knelling, simple past and past participle knelled)

  1. (intransitive) To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
  2. (transitive) To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
  3. (transitive) To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.

Noun

knell (plural knells)

  1. The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
  2. (figuratively) A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

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