Usually means: Extra features enhancing functionality, appeal.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word bells and whistles:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. bells and whistles: Merriam-Webster
  2. bells and whistles: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bells and whistles: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bells and whistles: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bells and whistles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bells and whistles: Wiktionary
  7. bells and whistles: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. bells and whistles: Dictionary.com
  9. Bells and whistles, The Bells and Whistles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. bells and whistles: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Bells and whistles: World Wide Words
  12. bells and whistles: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bells and whistles: Financial dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. bells and whistles: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. bells-and-whistles: Netlingo
  3. Bells and Whistles, bells and whistles: CCI Computer
  4. Webopedia (No longer online)
  5. bells and whistles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bells and whistles: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bells and whistles: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (bells and whistles)

noun:  (idiomatic) Extra features added for show rather than function; fancy additions or features.

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