red ring

verb

Of an Xbox 360 video game console, to experience a general hardware fault, the red ring of death.

“My 360 red ringed and I had to ship it to Texas to get it fixed.”

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Meanings

verbred ring (third-person singular simple present red rings, present participle red ringing, simple past and past participle red ringed)

present singular third person red rings · participle present red ringing · participle past red ringed · past red ringed

  1. intransitivevideo gamesOf an Xbox 360 video game console, to experience a general hardware fault, the red ring of death.

    My 360 red ringed and I had to ship it to Texas to get it fixed.

Origin

From red ring of death.

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APA

red ring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20ring

MLA

“red ring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20ring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red ring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20ring.

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