plural, plural-onlyShip's bells; the strokes on a ship's bell, every half-hour, to mark the passage of time.
abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-onlyEllipsis of bell-bottoms.
“And to him, long bell-bottoms were “arrogant.” So, whenever he was home before I left for school, he would make me stand on the top step of the six steps to the bedroom level of our house and he would”
form-of, pluralplural of Bell
verb
form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-personthird-person singular simple present indicative of bell