ringer English

Meaning ringer meaning

What does ringer mean?

ringer

— noun (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg

— noun a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses

— noun a person who is almost identical to another

— noun (= toller) a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

Synonyms ringer synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as ringer?

ringer English » English

toller

bell ringer

dead ringer

clone

bell-ringer

welsher

welcher

weasel

utterer

two-timer

the very spit of

swindler

spiv

spitting image

spit image

spit and image

sharpy

shark

shammer

scammer

sandbagger

pillory

phony

look-alike

imposter

impersonator

image

goniff

gonif

goldbrick

ganof

ganef

fraud

finagler

fake

double

doppelganger

con man

collar

clip artist

chimer

cheater

cheat

charlatan

Topics ringer topics

What do people use ringer to talk about?

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• What words refer to something looking very much like another thing?
  be just like look just like be the image of be the spitting image of be the living image of could pass for could be mistaken for be a dead ringer for be the picture of

Examples ringer examples

How do I use ringer in a sentence?

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She'll be going through the ringer for a while.

She's a dead ringer for her.

James Ballard, stationmaster and bell - ringer and the proud winner, only an hour before his death of the Beldon Cup for his beautiful Miniver rose.

You're all dressed up, but you're a dead ringer for one of them dirt-eaters we traded shots with last night.

Hey, did anybody ever tell you you're a dead ringer for.

Tell me, Mr Radovich, what is a ringer?

Mr Bradley, if you don't mind my saying so, I think you're a ringer.

Hey, that's a ringer.

Ringer!

You heard Ringer testify Kincade shot Mr Whiteside in self-defence.

I held out for a verdict of guilty until it was pointed out that Mr Ringer had sworn on the bible to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Shake hands with the gent who did the reviving, Jed Ringer.

Are you admitting that Ringer lied to the court?

Don't ever turn your back on Jed Ringer.

She looks like that girl. She's a dead ringer for her.

I feel like I've been put through a ringer!

Hey, anybody ever tell you you're a dead ringer for.

Tell me, Mr. Radovich. - what is a ringer? - Waiter?

I can't ring the bells for the dead if they don't stop at the church. If you don't want the priest, you can't have the bell-ringer either!

See? That's the ringer.

That's the ringer, smart guy?

I am Juan de Dios, the bell ringer. Why are you here?

Crazy bell ringer was right.

So, you brought a ringer in, huh?

Nobody. It's for security reasons just in case the Germans try to slip in a ringer on us.

If Munster gets a look at that local mustang, he'll know we pulled a ringer on him.

She's your dead ringer.

As for the alarm ringer. we'll drop his suspension. and forget the whole business.

But before I admit it to her, I'll pull her through the ringer.

Another ringer, sir.

Sure, so we get ourselves a ringer, right?

Henty, you brought in a ringer, did you?

His ringer's spotted our ringer.

I did the best I could. I didn't know they'd get a ringer.

Hurl the ringer.

You tell your publisher, tell Katie Graham. she's going to get her tit caught in the big ringer if that's published.