Tuesday word: Knell
Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023
Knell (noun, verb)
knell [nel]
noun
1. the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
2. a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure, etc., of something: the knell of parting day.
3. any mournful sound.
verb (used without object)
4. to sound, as a bell, especially a funeral bell.
5. to give forth a mournful, ominous, or warning sound.
verb (used with object)
6. to proclaim or summon by, or as if by, a bell.
OTHER WORDS FROM KNELL
un·knelled, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO KNELL
bell, proclaim, ring, signal, sound, summon, toll, warning
See synonyms for knell on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: before 950; (noun) Middle English knel,Old English cynll; (v.) Middle English knellen, knyllen,Old English cynllan; cognate with Old Norse knylla to beat, strike; akin to Dutch knal bang, knallen to bang, German Knall explosion, knallen to explode
HOW TO USE KNELL IN A SENTENCE
Indeed, when we look back now, 25 years later, we can see that Deep Blue’s victory wasn’t so much a triumph of AI but a kind of death knell.
WHAT THE HISTORY OF AI TELLS US ABOUT ITS FUTURE|CLIVE THOMPSON|FEBRUARY 18, 2022|MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
An income tax “would perhaps be a form of a death knell to this little bit of momentum we were having,” Parfet told me.
TWO RICH MEN DECIDED TO FUND A FAILING CITY. SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY MADE IT WORSE|ALANA SEMUELS/KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN|NOVEMBER 4, 2021|TIME
The government wanted to reduce labor and costs, but many growers view the law as a quality death knell.
GERMANY’S WINE REVOLUTION IS JUST GETTING STARTED|JORDAN SALCITO|APRIL 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sounded what many considered to be the death knell for the SNC.
POST ELECTION, OBAMA GAMBLES ON SYRIAN REBELS|MIKE GIGLIO|NOVEMBER 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Knell (noun, verb)
knell [nel]
noun
1. the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
2. a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure, etc., of something: the knell of parting day.
3. any mournful sound.
verb (used without object)
4. to sound, as a bell, especially a funeral bell.
5. to give forth a mournful, ominous, or warning sound.
verb (used with object)
6. to proclaim or summon by, or as if by, a bell.
OTHER WORDS FROM KNELL
un·knelled, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO KNELL
bell, proclaim, ring, signal, sound, summon, toll, warning
See synonyms for knell on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: before 950; (noun) Middle English knel,Old English cynll; (v.) Middle English knellen, knyllen,Old English cynllan; cognate with Old Norse knylla to beat, strike; akin to Dutch knal bang, knallen to bang, German Knall explosion, knallen to explode
HOW TO USE KNELL IN A SENTENCE
Indeed, when we look back now, 25 years later, we can see that Deep Blue’s victory wasn’t so much a triumph of AI but a kind of death knell.
WHAT THE HISTORY OF AI TELLS US ABOUT ITS FUTURE|CLIVE THOMPSON|FEBRUARY 18, 2022|MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
An income tax “would perhaps be a form of a death knell to this little bit of momentum we were having,” Parfet told me.
TWO RICH MEN DECIDED TO FUND A FAILING CITY. SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY MADE IT WORSE|ALANA SEMUELS/KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN|NOVEMBER 4, 2021|TIME
The government wanted to reduce labor and costs, but many growers view the law as a quality death knell.
GERMANY’S WINE REVOLUTION IS JUST GETTING STARTED|JORDAN SALCITO|APRIL 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sounded what many considered to be the death knell for the SNC.
POST ELECTION, OBAMA GAMBLES ON SYRIAN REBELS|MIKE GIGLIO|NOVEMBER 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST