Associations to the word «Ringer»

Wiktionary

RINGER, noun. Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
RINGER, noun. (mining) A crowbar.
RINGER, noun. (games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.
RINGER, noun. (uncountable) (games) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.
RINGER, noun. (horse racing) A horse fraudently entered in a race using the name of another horse.
RINGER, noun. (sport) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
RINGER, noun. A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other; now usually in the phrase dead ringer.
RINGER, noun. (UK) (dialect) A top performer.
RINGER, noun. (Australia) The champion shearer of a shearing shed.
RINGER, noun. (Australia) A stockman, a cowboy.
RINGER, noun. (fandom slang) A fan of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and/or the film trilogy based on it.
RINGER EQUIVALENCE NUMBER, noun. (telecommunications) A number denoting the electrical load of a telephone ringer circuit on a particular line.

Dictionary definition

RINGER, noun. A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation).
RINGER, noun. A person who is almost identical to another.
RINGER, noun. A contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses.
RINGER, noun. (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg.

Wise words

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Dhammapada