bell, n. tocsin, alarm, curfew, siren; carillon, chimes, gong; angelus; toll, ring, peal, chime, ding-dong; tintinnabulation, tinkling, tinkle, ting, ting-a-ling.
bellicose, adj. 1. aggressive, antagonistic, combative, belligerent, pugnacious; hostile, unfriendly, inimical; contentious, quarrelsome, dissentious, wrangling, litigious, disputatious, argumentative; opposed, faultfinding, captious; contrary, perverse, stubborn.
2. militant, martial, warring, warlike, warmongering, jingoistic, Inf on the warpath, unpeaceful; factious, chauvinistic, patriotic; contending, wrestling, battling, grappling, fighting; gladiatorial, pugilistic.
3. irritable, cantankerous, cross, surly, snappish, petulant, peevish; testy, fractious, SI. uptight, choleric, touchy, huffy, peppery; splenetic, spleenful, bilious, cranky, ill-tempered, Australian, crook, bad-tempered; irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered, Inf short-fused.
4. violent, unrestrained, uncontrollable; volatile, volcanic, explosive, hot-tempered, hot-headed, fiery, inflammable; enraged, raging, fuming, irate, ireful, wrathful, wroth, angry; furious, livid, Inf. mad as a hornet, Inf. mad as a wet hen.
5. ranting, raving, storming, foaming at the mouth, rabid, fanatical, frenzied; frantic, crazed, Pathol, delirious, mad, Inf. wild, out of one's mind, beside oneself, SI. freaked out.
belligerent, adj. 1. militant, martial, warring, warlike, warmongering, jingoistic, unpeaceful; contending, wrestling, battling, grappling, fighting; gladiatorial, pugilistic.
2. aggressive, antagonistic, combative, bellicose. See - bellicose (defs. 1-4).
bellow, v. 1. roar, blare, trumpet, bray, thunder; howl, ululate, hoot, yelp, bark, yap; caterwaul, squall, screech, squeal.
2. shout, cry out, vociferate, exclaim, yell, whoop, Inf. holler.
belly, n. 1. abdomen, stomach, Inf. tummy, gut, SI. breadbasket, Scot. and North Eng. wame; paunch, potbelly, Inf. bay window, Inf. corporation, SI. pot, SI. beer belly, SI. spare tire, Obs. gorbelly; colonic cavity, intestinal cavity, visceral cavity, Anat., Zool. venter, ventral region, ventricle, ventricular cavity, Anat. epigastrium; pouch, (of birds) gizzard, (of birds) crop, craw, maw, ingluvies, (of birds) proventriculus, (both of ruminating animals) first stomach, rumen; intestines, bowels, colons, (of swine) chitterlings; innards, inwards, insides, vitals, viscera, (of animals) entrails, Inf. gizzard, SI. guts.
2. appetite, appetence, appetency, hunger, thirst, craving, gluttony, Pathol, bulimia; relish, gusto, zest, eagerness; hankering, yearning, longing; lust, SI. letch.
3. womb, uterus; hold, cavity, vault; interior, recess, recesses, penetralia; depth, depths, gulf, chasm, abyss.
4. underside, underpart, underbelly.
-v. 5. swell, swell up, swell out, bag, Brit. Dial. plim; balloon, balloon up, balloon out, balloon forth; inflate, expand, puff up, puff out; fill out, bulk, distend, enlarge, bloat.
belong, v. 1. Usu.
belong to be a member of, be affiliated with, be associated with, be allied to, owe allegiance to; be a follower or adherent of, adhere to.
2. Usu.
belong to be the property of, be owned by, be at the disposal of; be vested in, be occupied by, be held by, inhere in.