noun Download 🔗Share Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer. Examples : "The church needed a volunteer, so Sarah became a ringer and learned to play the bells for Sunday service. " person job bell-ringing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A crowbar. Examples : "The construction worker used a ringer to pry up the heavy metal plate. " item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole. Examples : ""After a few practice throws, Sarah finally got a ringer and celebrated with a jump." " sport game achievement Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (games) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground. Examples : "We played a game of ringer during recess, trying to knock each other's marbles out of the circle. " game sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A ringer T-shirt. Examples : ""He chose a gray ringer T-shirt with blue sleeves to wear to the gym." " wear style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team. Examples : "The opposing team suspected they'd lost because the school basketball team brought in a ringer – a star player from another school pretending to be a new student. " sport person game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A horse fraudulently entered in a race using the name of another horse. Examples : "The investigators discovered that the horse running under the name "Lightning Bolt" was actually a much faster animal; it was a ringer brought in to win the race unfairly. " sport race animal bet Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other, now usually in the phrase dead ringer. Examples : ""That new student is a dead ringer for my cousin; I almost called him by the wrong name!" " appearance person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fraudulently cloned motor vehicle. Examples : "The used car salesman tried to sell a ringer, pretending it was a 2020 model, but it was actually a much older car. " vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A top performer. Examples : "Our new sales representative is a real ringer; she closed three deals in her first week! " person achievement job sport business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The champion shearer of a shearing shed. Examples : "At the annual shearing competition, Ken was declared the ringer after shearing the most sheep in the shortest amount of time. " job agriculture person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stockman, a cowboy. Examples : "The cattle station needed experienced ringers to help with the annual muster. " job person work agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor. Examples : "The coach suspected the new player was a ringer brought in to cheat in the tournament. " person character thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in combination) An officer having the specified number of rings (denoting rank) on the uniform sleeve. Examples : "The captain, a four-ringer, gave the order to set sail. " military nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
