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ringsnoun1pl. of ring a group involved in secret or criminal activitiesa ring of counterfeiters passing phony $20 bills cabals, conspiracies, crews, gangs, Mafias, mobs, syndicates bunches, circles, clans, cliques, coteries, covens, crowds, galères, lots, networks, packs, setsjuntas, oligarchies a circular stripa metal ring encircled the barrel bands, circles, eyes, hoops, loops, rounds belts, cinctures, collars, girdleswreathsannulets, beckets, coils, curls, furls, hanks, spirals, spires, twirls, whorls a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together sociallya gaming ring that meets once a week to play bodies, bunches, circles, clans, cliques, communities, coteries, covens, crowds, folds, galères, gangs, klatches(also klatsches), lots, networks, packs, sets charmed circles, elites, in-groupsclosed shopsclubs, colleges, fellowships, guilds(also gilds), leagues, organizations, societiescamps, factions, sects, sides, tribesmesses, squadsbrotherhoods, fraternities, orders, sisterhoods, sodalities, sororitiescommunesalliances, blocs, coalitions, confederations, congresses, councils, federations, unions lonersindividualists something with a perfectly round circumferencethe coffee cup left a ring on the table circles, cirques, roundels, rounds circlets, ringletsellipses, loops, ovalsballs, globes, orbs, spheres ringsnoun2pl. of ringa communication by telephonegive me a ring when you're ready to go ringsverb1present tense third-person singular of ringto form a circle aroundtall cypress trees ringing the park circles, compasses, embraces, encircles, encloses(also incloses), encompasses, environs, girdles, girds, surrounds, wreathes circumscribes, closes in, cordons (off), fences (in), hems (in), wallsbesets, besieges, entrenches(also intrenches), invests, swarms to travel completely aroundthe line of season ticket buyers ringed the block circles, circuits, circumnavigates, circumvents, compasses, encircles, girdles, orbits, rounds circumambulates, crosses, perambulates, traverses ringsverb2present tense third-person singular of ringto make the clear sound heard when metal vibratesI didn't hear the doorbell ring bongs, chimes, knells, peals, tolls chinks, clangs, clanks, clashes, clinks, ding-dongs, dings, gongs, jangles, jingles, pings, plinks, plunks(or plonks), tangs, tingles, tinklesechoes, resonates, resounds, reverberates |