Ring meaning in English

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Definition

to ring (telephone): to make the sound of a bell (telephone) verb
to ring up (on the telephone) to call someone on the telephone
The phone is ringing! I can hear it from here; shall I answer it?

This is an irregular verb:
I ring / I rang / I have rung
a ring: a circular piece of jewellery worn on the finger; a circle, a hoop noun

Examples

  • "phone rings Oh, here we go, take that one, will you?"
  • "Right, so then just as I'm about to take off her skirt, my phone rings and it's Michelle, the other girl that I was supposed to see."
  • "Philip : Bells on bobtail ring, singing spirits bright, oh what fun it is to laugh and sing, a sleighing song tonight!"
  • "Phone rings"
  • "You could start by buying me a nice big fat diamond ring."
  • "Congratulations, you've made the decision to grab the brass ring"
  • "phone rings"
  • "Here's the Hope diamond... the ring from the Lord of the Rings... a few rubies... and finally my crown - AAAAAAGH!"
  • "Brian hangs up, phone rings again"
  • "( phone rings ) Edward, get that please."
  • "Have you not seen my ring?"
  • "Five gold rings"
  • "I understand that you wanted to marry a rich guy, at least that makes sense, but yet here you are back in London with nothing to show for it, not even a fancy diamond ring."
  • "It's ringing, take this."
  • "( phone rings ) Oh, hang on Bruno."
  • "Bruno's phone rings"
  • "Wang Jewelry (Tianjin, formerly "Ling Ling's Rings and Things", bought outright in 2002, given to Wang's son-in-law as a dowry."

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