ringy1
/ˈrɪŋi/adjective
Resembling a ring; marked with rings; having rings.
Origin
Late 17th century. From ring + -y.
ringy2
/ˈrɪŋi/adjective
Having a ringing quality or tone.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From ring + -y.
ringy3
/ˈrɪŋi/(also ringey, wringy) North American slang (chiefly regional (west. ))
adjective
Irritable; ‘ornery’; angry.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Scribner's Magazine. Origin uncertain. Perhaps compare ring, or perhaps compare wrangy, recorded with the same meaning in English regional (Devon) use in the 19th cent. and in slang use in the 21st.
- proper noun
- Proper Preface
- Propertian
- propertied
- proper time
- Propertius, Sextus
- property
- property bond
- property box
- property boy
- property developer
- property income certificate
- property ladder
- propertyless
- propertylessness
- property man
- property mark
- property master
- property mistress
- property-owning
- property player
- property plot
- property qualification
- property room
- propertyship