Dinger vs. Ringer

Dinger vs. Ringer — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Dinger and Ringer

Dingernoun

A bell or chime.

Ringernoun

Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.

Dingernoun

The suspended clapper of a bell.

Ringernoun

(mining) A crowbar.

Dingernoun

One who rings a bell.

Ringernoun

(games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.

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Dingernoun

(baseball) A home run.

The starting pitcher gave up three dingers.

Ringernoun

A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.

Dingernoun

The penis.

Ringernoun

A ringer T-shirt.

Dingernoun

Something outstanding or exceptional, a humdinger.

Ringernoun

(sport) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.

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Dingernoun

A condom.

Ringernoun

(horse racing) A horse fraudulently entered in a race using the name of another horse.

Dingernoun

(Australian slang) The buttocks, the anus.

Let′s leave them to sit on their dingers for a while.

Ringernoun

A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other, now usually in the phrase dead ringer.

Dingernoun

(Australian slang) A catapult, a shanghai.

Ringernoun

A fraudulently cloned motor vehicle.

Ringernoun

A top performer.

Ringernoun

(Australia) The champion shearer of a shearing shed.

Ringernoun

(Australia) A stockman, a cowboy.

Ringernoun

(slang) Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor.

Ringernoun

An officer having the specified number of rings (denoting rank) on the uniform sleeve.

Ringernoun

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

Ringernoun

a person who is almost identical to another

Ringernoun

a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses

Ringernoun

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