Ringer(s) may refer to:
Sports and games
* Ringer, in
sports idiom, an impostor, especially one whose pretense is intended to gain an advantage in a competition
*
Road course ringer
In NASCAR, a road course ringer, also known as road course specialist, road course expert, or a road runner, is a non-NASCAR driver who is hired by a NASCAR Cup Series or NASCAR Xfinity Series team to race specifically on road courses.
, current ...
, a non-NASCAR driver hired to race at a road course
* A game piece used for scoring in the 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition game
Rack 'n Roll
Rack 'n Roll was the game for the 2007 FIRST Robotics Competition season, announced on January 6, 2007. In it, two alliances of three teams each competed to arrange ring-shaped game pieces on a central arena element known as 'The Rack'.
Robots
...
* In
horseshoes
Horseshoe is a shoe for horses and by analogy is applied to many things with a similar shape.
Horseshoes (game), a tossing game played with a horseshoe
Horseshoe(s) or Horse Shoe(s) may also refer to:
Places
* Horseshoe Valley (disambiguation)
...
, a shoe that encircles the stake
* Ringer or ring taw, a marbles game played in
British and World Marbles Championship
Fiction
*
Ringer (comics)
Ringer is the name of three fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Di ...
, a Marvel Comics villain
* A member of
Tolkien fandom
Tolkien fandom is an international, informal community of fans of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, especially of the Middle-earth legendarium which includes ''The Hobbit'', ''The Lord of the Rings'', and ''The Silmarillion''. The concept of Tolkien ...
** ''
Ringers: Lord of the Fans'', a documentary on the subject
Film and television
* , a 1996 film starring
Timothy Bottoms
Timothy James Bottoms (born August 30, 1951) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for playing the lead in '' Johnny Got His Gun'' (1971); Sonny Crawford in '' The Last Picture Show'' (1971), where he and his fellow co-stars, ...
*
''Ringer'' (TV series), starring Sarah Michelle Gellar
Music
*
''Ringer'' (EP), an EP by Four Tet
*
"Ringer" (song), a song by Godflesh
Other
*
Ringer (surname) Ringer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Entrepreneurs
* Frederick Ringer (1838–1907), British merchant
* Robert Ringer (born 1938), American entrepreneur
Performers
* Catherine Ringer, French performer
* Jenifer Ringer, Am ...
*
Ringer Edwards
Herbert James "Ringer" Edwards (26 July 1913 – June 2000) was an Australian soldier during World War II. As a prisoner of war (POW), he survived being crucified for 63 hours by Japanese soldiers on the Burma Railway. Edwards was the basis for ...
(1913–2000), Australian soldier
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Bell-ringer
A bell-ringer is a person who rings a bell, usually a church bell, by means of a rope or other mechanism.
Despite some automation of bells for random swinging, there are still many active bell-ringers in the world, particularly those with an adv ...
, one who plays bells, especially church bells
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Lactated Ringer's solution
Ringer's lactate solution (RL), also known as sodium lactate solution, Lactated Ringer’s, and Hartmann's solution, is a mixture of sodium chloride, sodium lactate, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride in water. It is used for replacing fl ...
, also known as Ringer's, a fluid used in medical treatment
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Intravenous sugar solution
Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein. The intravenous route of administration is commonly used for rehydration or to provide nutrie ...
, usually glucose
* A term for an Australian
stockman, in the Top End of the Northern Territory
* An ornithologist trained in
bird ringing
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight ...
*
Ringing (telephony) Ringing is a telecommunication signal that causes a bell or other device to alert a telephone subscriber to an incoming telephone call. Historically, this entailed sending a high-voltage alternating current over the telephone line to a customer stat ...
or telephone ringer, an electrical device to alert a telephone subscriber to an incoming call
* A style of
T-shirt
A T-shirt (also spelled tee shirt), or tee, is a style of fabric shirt named after the T shape of its body and sleeves. Traditionally, it has short sleeves and a round neckline, known as a '' crew neck'', which lacks a collar. T-shirts are genera ...
See also
*
The Ringer (disambiguation) The Ringer may refer to:
Film, Theatre, and TV
*'' The Ringer'' (originally titled ''The Gaunt Stranger''), a 1925/1926 novel by Edgar Wallace
**Adaptations of ''The Ringer'':
**''The Ringer'', a 1929 play by Edgar Wallace
** ''The Ringer'' (1928 ...
*
Dead Ringer (disambiguation)
Dead Ringer or Dead Ringers may refer to:
* Dead ringer (idiom)
Books
* ''The Dead Ringer'', a 1948 mystery novel by Fredric Brown
* ''Dead Ringer'', novel in the '' Rosato & Associates'' series
* ''Dead Ringer'' (comics), a Marvel Comics cha ...
*
Wringer (disambiguation)
A wringer is a mechanical laundry aid (also known as a mangle).
Wringer may also refer to:
* Wringer (magic trick)
The Wringer (also "wringer box illusion" or "mangle (machine), mangle box") is a stage magic trick. The magician places his assi ...
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