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ringer¹ Definition

ringer (riŋər)

noun

  1. a horseshoe or quoit thrown so that it encircles the peg
  2. such a throw

ringer² Definition

ringer (riŋər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that rings a bell, chime, etc.
  2. Slang
    1. a horse, player, etc. fraudulently entered, or substituted for another, in a competition
    2. any substitute
    3. 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.