(idiomatic, US politics) A state of the United States that historically votes for the winning candidate in a given election.

Alternative form of you'd better believe it

(Commonwealth of Nations) A bell rung in or around a parliament to signal a division (vote) to members of the relevant chamber so that they may take part.

Alternative form of pinch-gut (“miser”)

plural of bell miner

(UK, slang, obsolete) out of breath

A suburb and ward in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2203).

plural of bellwether state

The opposite of what most laypeople would think is true.

A hamlet in Coniston Cold parish, Craven district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9056).