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ring out en · VERB · etymology 1

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Etymology

From ring (verb) + out (adverb).

Meanings

1. To sound clearly and loudly.
   • The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay" / And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day 1987, The Pogues, “Fairytale of New York”:
   • A terrifying volley of pistol-shots rings out—cracks sharply; ripples spread— silence laps smooth over sound 1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 3, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC:
   • Now mind you Todd is 6ft 2in and Lt. Jose 5 ft. 9in, he started walking toward Jose, the first shot ringed out then another it all happen so fast! 2012, Charles E. Davis, My Life, My Son "Big L" and Family Values, page 61:
   • Suddenly, a shot rang out and someone screamed.
2. To make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number.
   • You can ring out if you dial 9 first and wait for the tone before dialling the number.
3. (qualifier:sound engineering) To equalize a sound system to eliminate feedback.
   • I've got to get these mic lines set up and ringed out. 2017, Hayden Nicholas, Rock Bottom, page 43:
   • The objective of ringing-out a system is (believe it or not) to get as many frequencies as possible to ring at the same time as the system goes past its gain-before-feedback limit. 1996, Scott Hunter Stark, Live Sound Reinforcement, page 110:
4. To eliminate the middlemen in a circular pattern of transactions.
   • Contracts in stocks w.i. (when issued—see When Issued) are also ringed out in the same manner as contracts in futures in grain, cotton, coffee, etc. 1930, The Practical Handbook of Business and Finance, page 434:
   • On the CBOT, ringing out was voluntary, while on the New York Cotton Exchange, it was compulsory. 2003, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, volume 5, page 388:
   • By section 7 a penalty is provided for any “ringing out” of contracts for future delivery. 1894, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the Fifty-Third Congress, Second Session (volume 26, part 7, page 6484)

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ring out en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of Japanese リングアウト (ringu auto), equivalent to English ring (noun) + out (verb)

Meanings

1. A win in a fighting game obtained by throwing one's opponent out of the arena.
   • Even when Heihachi doesn't score a ring out with these combos, almost half of an enemy's health disappears […] 2003, Michael Lummis, Soul Calibur II Official Fighter's Guide Limited Edition, page 105:

Forms

ring out en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of Japanese リングアウト (ringu auto), equivalent to English ring (noun) + out (verb)

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To throw (an opponent) out of the arena, thereby winning.

Forms

Translations (1)

eo elsonori (to sound clearly and loudly)