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    [Noun]  | "ring" | \ ˈriŋ \


    1: a circular band for holding, connecting, hanging, pulling, packing, or sealing

    2: a circlet usually of precious metal worn especially on the finger

    3: a circular line, figure, or object

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, going back to Old English hring (masculine strong noun), going back to Germanic *hrenga- (whence also Old Frisian hring, ring "ring," Old Saxon hring "chain mail," Old High German ring, rinh "ring," Old Icelandic hringr), going back to dialectal Indo-European *krengho-, *krongho-, whence also Old Church Slavic krǫgŭ "circle, ring," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian krûg, Polish krąg;

      * Note : The only certain attestations of this etymon are in Germanic and Slavic. As it violates an Indo-European root structure constraint on co-occurrence of a voiceless stop and a voiced aspirate stop, the etymon is presumably late or post-Indo-European, or borrowed from an unknown source.;

    [Noun]  | "ring" 


    1: a set of bells

    2: a clear resonant sound made by or resembling that made by vibrating metal

    3: resonant tone : sonority

    Origin: 1549 ;

    [Noun]  | "annual ring" 


    1: the layer of wood produced by a single year's growth of a woody plant

    Origin: 1672 ;

    [Noun]  | "benzene ring" 


    1: a structural arrangement of atoms in benzene and other aromatic compounds that consists of a planar symmetrical hexagon of six carbon atoms which derives added stability from the delocalization of certain bonding electrons over the entire ring

    Origin: 1872 ;

    [Noun]  | "brass ring" 


    1: a rich opportunity : prize

    Origin: 1930 ;

    [Noun]  | "coffee ring" 


    1: coffee cake in the shape of a ring

    Origin: 1924 ;

    [Noun]  | "D ring" | \ ˈdē-ˌriŋ \


    1: a usually metal ring having the shape of a capital D

    Origin: circa 1899 ;

    [Noun]  | "fairy ring" 


    1: a ring of basidiomycetous mushrooms produced at the periphery of a body of mycelium which has grown outward from an initial growth point; also : a ring of luxuriant vegetation especially when associated with these mushrooms

    2: a mushroom (especially Marasmius oreades) that commonly grows in fairy rings

    Origin: 1870 ;

     From the folk belief that such rings were dancing places of the fairies;

    [Verb]  | "ring" 


    1: to provide with a ring

    2: to place or form a ring around : encircle

    3: girdle

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English ringen, derivative of ring {see: |ring:1|ring:1};

    [Verb]  | "ring" 


    1: to sound resonantly or sonorously

    2: to be filled with a reverberating sound : resound

    3: to have the sensation of being filled with a humming sound

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English hringan; akin to Old Norse hringja to ring;

    [Noun]  | "rings" 


    1: a group involved in secret or criminal activities;


      * e.g., " ... a ring of counterfeiters passing phony $20 bills "



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    2: a circular strip;


      * e.g., " ... a metal ring encircled the barrel "



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    3: a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially;


      * e.g., " ... a gaming ring that meets once a week to play "



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    [Noun]  | "rings" 


    1: a communication by telephone;


      * e.g., " ... give me a ring when you're ready to go "



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    [Noun]  | "ring" 


    1: a group involved in secret or criminal activities;


      * e.g., " ... a ring of counterfeiters passing phony $20 bills "



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    2: a circular strip;


      * e.g., " ... a metal ring encircled the barrel "



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    3: a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially;


      * e.g., " ... a gaming ring that meets once a week to play "



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    [Noun]  | "ring" 


    1: a communication by telephone;


      * e.g., " ... give me a ring when you're ready to go "



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    [Verb]  | "rings" 


    1: to form a circle around;


      * e.g., " ... tall cypress trees ringing the park "



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    2: to travel completely around;


      * e.g., " ... the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block "



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    [Verb]  | "rings" 


    1: to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates;


      * e.g., " ... I didn't hear the doorbell ring "



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    [Verb]  | "ring" 


    1: to form a circle around;


      * e.g., " ... tall cypress trees ringing the park "



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    2: to travel completely around;


      * e.g., " ... the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block "



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    [Verb]  | "ring" 


    1: to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates;


      * e.g., " ... I didn't hear the doorbell ring "



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    [Verb]  | "ring (up)" 


    1: to make a telephone call to;


      * e.g., " ... our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match "



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    [Verb]  | "rings up" 


    1: to obtain (as a goal) through effort;


      * e.g., " ... touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term "



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     [ "rings" ]

    1: gay in the third-grade sense. i.e. stupid, dumb, lame, cheesy, not core, idiotic

      * e.g.,  ... That movie John Tucker Must Die has to be a contender for the most rings movie in the universe.  

     [ "ring ring" ]

    1: "Ring ring! Last year called!"

      * e.g.,  ... person 1: Hey have you seen Goatse? 

     [ "ring ring" ]

    2: Said by Über-hipsters who are always on the cutting edge of popular and alternative culture, and soon to be on the cutting edge of a very unpopular switchblade.

      * e.g.,  ... person 2: RING RING 

     [ "ring ring" ]

    1: An onomatopoeia, which is, you guessed it, commonly used between two BFFs. It usually occurs when one bff needs/wants to ring the other, and usually texts the other saying 'ring ring?' which in bff language translates to, 'can i ring you?'

      * e.g.,  ... Mary: Ring ring bee? 

     [ "Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring" ]

    1: Banana phone

      * e.g.,  ... Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring Pick up your fucking phone 

     [ "ringe" ]

    1: ringe is short for syringe

      * e.g.,  ... dealer: u want a ringe for £15? 

     [ "Ring" ]

    1: We wants it, we needs it.

      * e.g.,  ... We must have the precious ring. 

     [ "The Ring" ]

    1:  The One Ring created by the Dark Lord Sauron in Tolkein's Lord of the Rings "to bring them all/ and in the darkness bind them/ in the Land of Mordor/ where the shadows lie."

      * e.g.,  ... Always the Nazgul are drawn to the Ring. 

     [ "The Ring" ]

    2:  Kick-ass horror movie which manages to be an improvement on both the Japanese original and its own sequel. Concerns a video tape which (indirectly) kills its viewers by attracting their way the attention of a little girl you REALLY do NOT want to meet. You've probably heard the sting in the tail, so I won't mention it here.

      * e.g.,  ... Answering machine message inspired by The Ring: 

     [ "into the ring" ]

    1: An expression referring to someone who is willing and ready to fight.

      * e.g.,  ... She didn’t sidestep his toxic insults; instead she climbed right into the ring and began to sling it faster and better until his nuts shriveled and he could no longer speak. 

     [ "ring" ]

    1: The Anus or Rectum.

      * e.g.,  ... Lick my ring. 

     [ "the ring" ]

    1: Can be damaged by LORD activity. The ring should be insured against LORD activity to avoid further damage.

      * e.g.,  ... I must stop trading outright, this will lead to ring damage. 

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