ring out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number.
verb
To equalize a sound system to eliminate feedback.
verb
To eliminate the middlemen in a circular pattern of transactions.
Example Sentences
- "Suddenly, a shot rang out and someone screamed."
- "The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay" / And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day"
- "A terrifying volley of pistol-shots rings out—cracks sharply; ripples spread— silence laps smooth over sound"
- "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!"
- "You can ring out if you dial 9 first and wait for the tone before dialling the number."
- "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."