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ring out¹

Sounds like wring out

Where it comes from

From ring (verb) + out (adverb).

verb rings out · ringing out · rang out · rung out

  1. To sound clearly and loudly. Suddenly, a shot rang out and someone screamed.
  2. To make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number. You can ring out if you dial 9 first and wait for the tone before dialling the number.
  3. To equalize a sound system to eliminate feedback. 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.
  4. To eliminate the middlemen in a circular pattern of transactions. By section 7 a penalty is provided for any “ringing out” of contracts for future delivery.

ring out²

Sounds like wring out

Where it comes from

Calque of Japanese リングアウト (ringu auto), equivalent to English ring (noun) + out (verb)

noun ring outs

  1. A win in a fighting game obtained by throwing one's opponent out of the arena. Even when Heihachi doesn't score a ring out with these combos, almost half of an enemy's health disappears […]

verb rings out · ringing out · ringed out

  1. ambitransitive To throw (an opponent) out of the arena, thereby winning.

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@misc{ring_out_2026,
  title = {ring out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ring%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}