ringer
ringer¹
Definition
ringer (riŋ′ər)
noun
- a horseshoe or quoit thrown so that it encircles the peg
- such a throw
ringer²
Definition
ringer (riŋ′ər)
noun
- a person or thing that rings a bell, chime, etc.
- ☆ Slang
- a horse, player, etc. fraudulently entered, or substituted for another, in a competition
- any substitute
- a person or thing very closely resembling another
ringer
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- ring: A quarter peal of 1,296 changes being rung by ringers from Exmouth in 48 minutes.
Converse of object
- visit: Visiting Ringers are most welcome to join us at the above.
- tell: Tell a ringer, who is quite firm, what he is doing.
- train: Why does it take six months to train a ringer?
- meet: Inside the house, the tourists meet the local ringers over a barbecue.
Adjective modifier
- dead: A real dead ringer for our full size version!
- experienced: Tower Captain John Foster hopes that plenty of experienced twelve bell ringers will also be able to take part.
- competent: Once competent, ringers are encouraged to become members of the Wirral Branch of the Chester Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers.
- fellow: He was content to wait: the urgency which seized most of his fellow ringers was alien to his nature.
- active: My wife Christine and I are also active bell ringers.
- local: I noticed the names of the local ringers, who were involved in the life of the church.
Modifies a noun
- tone: Polyphonic ringer tones add a powerful audible experience for alerts and ringer tones.
- melody: Assign images and polyphonic ringer melodies to specific entries in your address book.
- volume: There is also an option to switch the ringer volume off.
Noun used with modifier
- handbell: Thomas Jennings had captained a village team of handbell ringers at the end of the last century ( Howse, 5: 271 ).
- call-change: Before we stopped at Exbourne we got one of our call-change ringers through a pretty respectable quarter peal ringing the treble.
- bell: Pascal was a keen bell ringer, having rung in most of the churches in Devon.
- peal: The ringing of complex methods is also probably more widespread among peal ringers maybe for similar reasons.
- tenor: The tenor ringer even had to sit in the curtained wardrobe area!
- tone: Incoming calls signaled by a tone ringer with adjustable volume control on the base of the instrument.
Browse dictionary entries near ringer
- ringent
- ringed
- ringdove
- ringbone
- ringbolt
- ringback tone
- ring topology
- ring tone
- ring the changes on
- ring-tailed
- ringgit
- ringhals
- ringing signal
- ringleader
- ringlet
- ringmaster
- ringneck
- ringneck snake
- ringside
- ringtail
