The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)

ring finger nailnoun

Alternative form of ring fingernail.

ring fingernailnoun

The nail of the ring finger.

ring hollowverb

To seem to be false or implausible; to be unconvincing.

ring inverb

To make a phone call to (this place).

ring in one's nosenoun

A compulsion to gamble regardless of one's losses.

ring knockernoun

An officer who graduated from a military academy.

ring lightnoun

A continuous circular strip of light around a camera lens (either directly on the rim or as a standalone item) for the purpose of evenly illuminating the subject.

ring modulationnoun

A signal processing function in which two signals (typically a complex signal and a less complex carrier such as a sine wave) are combined to yield an output.

ring of authenticitynoun

Alternative form of ring of truth.

Ring of Firename

An area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity, around the Pacific Ocean.

ring of truthnoun

The impression of being truthful; especially of a statement or literary work; verisimilitude.

ring offverb

To disconnect at the end of a phone call.

ring off the hookverb

Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively.

ring outverb

To sound clearly and loudly.

ring ouzelnoun

Turdus torquatus, a European thrush, similar to the common blackbird, but with a ring of white feathers at its neck.

ring playnoun

Any of various (mainly children's) games played in a circle, typically with dance movements and singing.

ring pullnoun

A ring-shaped extension on the top of a can or tin, which one pulls to open it.

ring roadnoun

A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.

ring someone's bellverb

To physically traumatize someone with a strong blow, especially a concussive blow to the head.

ring speciesnoun

A biological species consisting of overlapping subgroups, each of which can interbreed with the next, but which cannot freely interbreed when taken as a whole

ring sum normal formnoun

The form of a Boolean formula expressed using only the operators and constants of a Boolean ring (XOR, AND, 0, 1), some variables and possibly also coefficients, and without using any parentheses.

ring the devil's doorbellverb

To masturbate by stimulating one's clitoris.

ring the welkinsverb

Alternative form of make the welkin ring.

ring trueverb

To seem to be correct, or plausible

ring upverb

To telephone; to call someone on the telephone.

ring up the curtainverb

To start something.

ring wearnoun

A circular discoloration that appears on the printed cardboard jacket of a long-play (LP) record, caused by the record pressing itself against the jacket, often due to improper storage.

ring-a-dingintj

A ringing sound.

ring-barkverb

To girdle a tree; to kill a tree by removing a ring of bark, phloem, and cambium.

ring-bonenoun

Alternative spelling of ringbone.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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