ringer
noun[C]
uk/ˈrɪŋ.ər/us/ˈrɪŋ.ɚ/ringernoun[C](SOUND)
a thing that makes aringingsound,especiallypartof amobilephone:
Turn off the phone's ringer byflippingtheswitch.拨一下开关让电话铃声变静音。
Otherbuttonsincludeavolumerockeron theleft, with a slider thatturnsthe ringer off.
someone whoringsabell:
ThechurchringersmeetforpracticeeveryWednesdayevening.
Thedoorbellringerturnedout to be myaunt.
See also
bell ringer
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- putter
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- squelch
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
ringernoun[C](IN SPORTS/GAMES)
apersonorhorsethattakespartin acompetition,game, orraceillegallyorunfairly, forexampleby someonepretendingthat they are anotherpersonorhorse:
They had a ringer ontheirteam- someone who usuallyplaysfor ateamin a differentleague.
The under-9 team'sstarplayerwas a ringer: he was twoyearsolderthan the otherkids.
Ringerscandals, in which onehorserunsunder thenameof another, have alongandcolourfulhistory.
US
invariousgames, aringorhorseshoethatlandsaround thetargetthat is beingaimedat:
He said thegamewas verystressfulbecause youfeltyouneededtothrowa ringer everytime.
The top-rankedplayerenteringtheeventthrowsa ringer on anaverageof 88percentof histosses.
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- deceive
- fiddle
- flannel
- gull
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- hustle
- pull
- pull a fast oneidiom
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- racket
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Dishonest people
Competitors & participants in sports & games
Horse racing
Target sports
ringernoun[C](SIMILAR)
someone or something thatlooksverysimilarto someone or somethingelse:
With histophatandrednose, he is a ringerforW. C. Fields.
Hisdrawingof acircleofdancingwomen is a ringerforMatisse's Dancers.
Synonym
dead ringer
Describing people with the same qualities
- a tough/tricky, etc. customeridiom
- be cast in the same mouldidiom
- be of like mindidiom
- be of the same mindidiom
- be on the same wavelengthidiom
- be the (living/spitting) image ofsomeoneidiom
- cast
- customer
- dead ringer
- doppelgänger
- double
- it takes a thief to catch a thiefidiom
- kindred spirit
- match
- meeting
- mind
- step
- take aftersomeone
- thief
- wavelength
ringernoun[C](VEHICLE)
UK
avehiclethat has been given afalseregistrationnumber:
装着假牌照的车辆Thepoliceofficerwas told thevanwas a ringer as theownerand hisvanwere still athome.
Road vehicles in general
- airboard
- all-terrain vehicle
- amphibian
- ATV
- autorickshaw
- conveyance
- craft
- diesel
- HEV
- HOV
- hoverboard
- hybrid electric vehicle
- motor vehicle
- motorcade
- non-motorized
- snow groomer
- snowcat
- transportation
- vehicle
- vehicular
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Cheating & tricking