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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
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
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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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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