RINGER

ringer

(noun) (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg

ringer

(noun) a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses

ringer, dead ringer, clone

(noun) a person who is almost identical to another

toller, bell ringer, ringer

(noun) a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Proper noun

Ringer

A surname.

Etymology 2

Noun

Ringer (plural Ringers)

(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.

Synonyms

• Ringnut

Hypernyms

• Tolkiendil, Tolkienian, Tolkienist, Tolkienite

Anagrams

• Griner, erring, gerrin', girner

Etymology 1

Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.

(mining) A crowbar.

Etymology 2

Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

(games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.

(uncountable, games) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.

A ringer T-shirt.

Etymology 3

Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

(sport) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.

Synonym: hustler

(horse racing) A horse fraudulently entered in a race using the name of another horse.

A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other, now usually in the phrase dead ringer.

Synonym: dead ringer

(UK, slang) A fraudulently cloned motor vehicle.

Etymology 4

Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

(UK, dialect) A top performer.

(Australia) The champion shearer of a shearing shed.

(Australia) A stockman, a cowboy.

Etymology 5

Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

(slang) Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor.

Etymology 6

Noun

ringer (plural ringers)

(UK, military, informal, in combination) An officer having the specified number of rings (denoting rank) on the uniform sleeve.

Anagrams

• Griner, erring, gerrin', girner

Source: Wiktionary

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Ring"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.

2. (Mining)

Definition: A crowbar. Simmonds.

Ring"er, n. (Horse Racing)

Definition: A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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