noun Download 🔗Share Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer. Examples : "The church hired several ringers to ensure the bells were rung beautifully for the wedding. " person job bell-ringing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A crowbar. Examples : "The movers used ringers to pry open the stubborn crate filled with books. " utensil 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 long afternoon of playing horseshoes, we counted up all our ringers to see who won." " game sport 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 : "The children played ringers during recess, trying to knock each other's marbles out of the ring drawn on the playground. " game sport entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A ringer T-shirt. Examples : "I like to wear ringers because the contrasting color around the neck and sleeves makes them look more stylish than plain T-shirts. " wear style appearance 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 our softball team had hired ringers from the local college to unfairly improve our chances of winning the championship. " 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 investigation revealed that several ringers were used in the local horse races, with faster horses running under the names of slower ones to cheat the betting system. " sport race animal business 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 : ""My twin brother and I are dead ringers; even our own mother sometimes mixes us up!" " appearance person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fraudulently cloned motor vehicle. Examples : "The police impounded several ringers after discovering their Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) had been illegally altered. " vehicle police law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A top performer. Examples : "Our company brought in a few ringers from another department to help us meet the project deadline. " person achievement job business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The champion shearer of a shearing shed. Examples : "The shearing shed's ringer, known for his speed and precision, won the competition again this year. " job agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A stockman, a cowboy. Examples : "After a long day of herding cattle, the ringers gathered around the campfire, sharing stories of the outback. " job person work agriculture animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor. Examples : "The coach suspected some of the "new" players on the opposing team were actually ringers, older and more experienced players brought in secretly to cheat. " person character business 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 four-ringers captain gave the order to prepare for departure. " military job organization police nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading