ringer

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	throw,
definition	:	the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) (noun.act)

domain category	:	horseshoes, quoits,
definition	:	a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it (noun.act)

2. a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses (noun.person)

hypernym	:	fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer,
definition	:	a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

3. a person who is almost identical to another (noun.person)

hypernym	:	double, image, look-alike,
definition	:	someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) (noun.person)

domain usage	:	colloquialism,
definition	:	a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication)

4. a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	signaler, signaller,
definition	:	someone who communicates by signals (noun.person)

derivation	:	knell, ring,
definition	:	make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification (verb.perception)

derivation	:	toll,
definition	:	ring slowly (verb.perception)

derivation	:	knell, ring,
definition	:	make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification (verb.perception)

derivation	:	toll,
definition	:	ring slowly (verb.perception)