telephone ring

telephone ring (plural telephone rings)

1. A ringing noise made by a telephone-bell to announce an incoming call.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire.

• retelephoning