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ringy

ringy

1 7.5
Sounds clear like a bell
  • adjective
  • /ˈrɪŋi/
translation icon : sonoro
  • One of the things about this drum sound, I love the ringy snare on it.

Examples

  • OK, Q is an indication of how ringy the circuit is, OK.

  • You know how ringy it makes you.

    Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

  • You watch the one with the big red eye, I'll watch the one with the ringy thingies.

    The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)

  • All you have to do is turn off all distractions, so no little ringy dinghies on your cell phone or anything like that.

  • The ringy sound of the bell echoed through the empty hall.

  • She played a ringy note on her flute that filled the room with music.

  • The dog barked with a ringy voice that could be heard from blocks away.

Synonyms

jangly
vsringy
1 8.1

A thin, harsh ringing sound like metal hitting together

denotes general resonant quality or circular bands without the metallic harshness
tinkly
vsringy
1 5.0

Making a light high ringing sound like small bells

is broader, meaning any resonant quality or visible circular bands rather than chimes
jingly
vsringy
1 4.4

A high ringing sound like small bells

leans toward general resonant quality or visible circular bands rather than bell tones
ring-shaped
vsringy
1 3.4

Shaped like a circle

can instead mean a resonant sound quality or visible circular bands
tinkling
vsringy
2.7

Making short, high ringing sounds like small bells

describes general resonant quality or visible circular bands rather than bell tones
ringed
vsringy
2.5

Round with a hole in the middle

also covers resonant sounds or visible circular bands in other contexts
ringlike
vsringy
3.9

Shaped like a circle with a hole in the middle

may refer to sound quality or physical circular bands rather than just shape
ringleted
vsringy
6.3

Having hair shaped into small round curls

can mean a resonant sound quality or visible circular bands, not only hair curls

How Resonant

pealing
1 7.7
echoing
2.7
resonant
7 5.6
ringy
1 7.5
muted
19 4.0

Surface Forms

ringy positive

Morphology

ringy = ring (transparent) = ring + y

Clear formation from 'ring' + the productive adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'having or characterized by a ringing quality or the presence of rings'.

Etymology

Ringy comes from the common word ring plus the ending -y, where ring can mean the clear sound a bell makes ('to make a clear sound') or a small round band, and -y means 'full of' or 'having'. So, ringy means 'having a ringing sound' or 'having rings', which is why we use it for sounds that echo or for things that show rings.