: one that encircles or puts a ring around (such as a quoit or horseshoe that lodges so as to surround the peg)
Examples of ringer in a Sentence
Noun (1)
no one was more surprised than the defendant when his lawyer turned out to be a ringer
he's a dead ringer for his grandfather
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2025
Yes, Mickey is part of constant experiments to help researchers see what causes death and disease, and so he is put through the ringer and reprinted repeatedly, dying over and over again, always being printed again to continue the process.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Revere was also a bell ringer at the church as a teenager.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
But watching other humans get put through the ringer is a whole different story.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The Oscars went with a ringer for the 97th ceremony.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2025
Yes, Mickey is part of constant experiments to help researchers see what causes death and disease, and so he is put through the ringer and reprinted repeatedly, dying over and over again, always being printed again to continue the process.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Revere was also a bell ringer at the church as a teenager.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
But watching other humans get put through the ringer is a whole different story.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Ringer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ringer. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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ringer
1 of 2 noun
ring·er
ˈriŋ-ər 
1
: one that sounds especially by ringing
2
a
: one that enters a competition with a false identity
b
: one that strongly resembles another
—often used with dead
a dead ringer for the senator
ringer
2 of 2 noun
: a quoit or horseshoe that falls right over a peg
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