ring-in

noun

A replacement made at the last minute, often in a sporting context.

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Meanings

nounring-in (plural ring-ins)

plural ring-ins

  1. A replacement made at the last minute, often in a sporting context.
  2. A racehorse or greyhound fraudulently substituted for another in a race.
  3. An outsider.

    "But I couldn't get into an underground contract party because I'm a ring-tail, or ring-in." That means an outsider, one not born in Broken Hill.

    1967, Elspeth Huxley, Their Shining Eldorado: A Journey through Australia, page 97
  4. A person pretending to be someone else; an imposter.
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APA

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

MLA

“ring-in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ring-in. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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