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Complete Definition of "make the welkin ring"

English

Etymology
See etymology at welkin; and ring, verb sense 1.

Verb

make the welkin ring

  1. To make a loud noise.
  2. By extension of (1), to celebrate or revel.
  3. By extension of (1), to experience the noise of asteroids, comets or meteors coming through the upper atmosphere. (sonic boom)

Category:English idioms

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