ringer
/ˈrɪŋə/noun
उच्चारण रिंग
घंटा बजाने वाला
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noun
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[C]
a person who rings church bells
घंटा बजाने वाला
- The bell ringers practise every Sunday.
- The ringer climbed the tower to ring the evening bells.
- Two ringers climbed the tower to ring the bells for the wedding.
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- The village church has a team of six ringers.
- A ringer must keep perfect time with the others.
Synonyms bell-ringer
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[C] informal
a person or thing that looks very like another
हूबहू मिलता-जुलता व्यक्ति, हमशक्ल
- The actor is a ringer for the late prime minister.
- With that haircut, he is a ringer for his uncle.
- The new student is a ringer for my cousin from Kochi.
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- From behind, she looks like a ringer for her mother.
- People say the young cricketer is a ringer for the old champion.
¶Idioms 1
be a dead ringer for sb
to look exactly like somebody else
किसी का हूबहू हमशक्ल होना
- Radhika is a dead ringer for her grandmother.
- He's a dead ringer for the famous cricketer.
- Radhika is a dead ringer for her elder sister.
§Grammar and usage
Be a dead ringer for somebody means to look exactly like them, and spitting image has the same meaning.
Be a dead ringer for somebody का अर्थ है किसी का हूबहू हमशक्ल होना, और spitting image का भी यही अर्थ है।