[{"word":"doorbells","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A button that actives an electric doorbell.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We doorbelled the whole district in an effort to get out the vote."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doorbell","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doorbells"]}]