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RINGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ringer" is a kind of...):
throw (the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))
Domain category:
horseshoes; quoits (a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ringer" is a kind of...):
fake; faker; fraud; imposter; impostor; pretender; pseud; pseudo; role player; sham; shammer (a person who makes deceitful pretenses)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who is almost identical to another
Synonyms:
clone; dead ringer; ringer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ringer" is a kind of...):
double; image; look-alike (someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor))
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
Synonyms:
bell ringer; ringer; toller
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ringer" is a kind of...):
signaler; signaller (someone who communicates by signals)
Derivation:
ring (make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification)
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