ringer.
Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
Meaning & usage
Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
A crowbar.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ringere, rynger, ryngar, equivalent to ring (“to sound a bell”) + -er.
A person who places rings or bands on a bird's leg.
A stockman, a cowboy.
In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.
A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.
Where this word comes from
From ring (“to surround”) + -er.
A top performer.
The champion shearer of a shearing shed.
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Probably so named after the custom of ringing a bell to denote the winner of a contest or competition.
Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor.
A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
In this next clip from the security camera, we see that the rube flashing his wad of cash thinks he'll win, but he doesn't realize that the guy in the gray shirt is a ringer.
A horse fraudulently entered in a race using the name of another horse.
A fraudulently cloned (or cut-and-shut) motor vehicle.
Where this word comes from
Some senses may derive from ring the changes (“run through variations; enliven; pass counterfeit money; trick a shopkeeper into giving too much change”).
A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other; a look-alike (now usually in the phrase dead ringer).
That man over there is an exact ringer for my father!
Where this word comes from
Unclear. Compare ring of truth, and see the "fake, impostor" sense at Etymology 4.
An officer having the specified number of rings (denoting rank) on the uniform sleeve.
A ringer T-shirt.
Where this word comes from
From ring + -er, from the noun.
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