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▪ I. ringy, a.1|ˈrɪŋɪ|
Also ringey.
[f. ring n.1 + -y.]
1. Resembling a ring, ring-like; marked with rings.
1683Snape Anat. Horse iii. ix. (1686) 124 Out of the lower side of the Annular or ringy protuberance of the cerebel. 1843Holtzapffel Turning I. 145 Amongst the white ivory, the teeth are often found to be marked in rings alternately light and dark coloured, these are called ringy or cloudy.
2. N. Amer. slang. Irritable, contentious, angry.
1932South of Market Tribune (San Francisco) 23 Dec. 22 Nothing will make the boss more ringey. 1934M. C. Boatright Tall Tales from Texas 30 He's a good-natured bird and don't git ringy about it. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §284/6 Ill-tempered..ringy. 1955R. P. Hobson Nothing too Good for Cowboy xviii. 187 To take some of the snoose out of the ringy Batnuni bunch [of cattle]. 1962[see ornery a.]. 1977N.Y. Times 11 Jan. 20/1 He thought Miss Longet had been ‘ringy’ the day she shot and killed Mr. Sabich.
▪ II. ringy, a.2|ˈrɪŋɪ|
[f. ring n.2]
Having a ringing quality or tone.
1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 195 It was light and tight, and ringy as a drum, and floated on the water like a bubble. |