knell

intransitive verb

To ring slowly and solemnly, especially for a funeral; toll.

intransitive verb

To give forth a mournful or ominous sound.

intransitive verb

To signal, summon, or proclaim by tolling.

noun

The sound of a bell knelling; a toll.

noun

A signal of disaster or destruction.

noun

The sound caused by striking a bell; especially, the sound of a bell rung with solemn slowness at or for a funeral; a passing-bell.

To strike; knock.

To toll, as a bell; ring for or at a funeral; knoll.

To summon by or as if by a knell.

To sound, as a bell, especially as a funeral bell.