ringing

plural ringings

1. countableuncountableThe sound of something that rings.
2. countableuncountableThe quality of being resonant.
3. countableuncountableA technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.

   Synonyms: banding

4. countableuncountableThe theft of cars and illegally changing their identities for resale.

comparative more ringing · superlative most ringing

1. Loud and clear.

   They declare ringing confirmation for their theories even in the face of feeble data.

   1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian

2. figurativelyMade forcefully; powerful.

   1 more example

   In what must be a first for any White House official, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had to step forward and answer whether the president of the United States wants to kill members of Congress. In a ringing defense of American values and constitutional order, she responded to the question by saying: “No.”

   2025 November 21, Tom Nichols, “The President Is Losing Control of Himself”, in The Atlantic

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of ring