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Definition: Dead Ringer |
Dead RingerNoun1. (informal) a person who is almost identical to another. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Dead RingerSynonym: ringer (n). (additional references) |
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Dead Ringers is the title of:
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| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I don't know who you are, but you're a real dead ringer for love. (Phoenix Nights; writing credit: Neil Fitzmaurice; Peter Kay) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dead Ringer (1964) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dead ringer | 55 |
dead ringer for love | 4 |
dead ringer band | 3 |
dead ringer movie | 2 |
dead ringer ringtone | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dead ringer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | megszólalásig hasonlít vkire (to be a dead ringer for sy), kiköpött vki (to be a dead ringer for sy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eadday ingerray.(various references) | |
Turkish | tıpatıp benzeri (carbon copy, ringer). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Dead Ringer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deadringer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-g-i-n-r-r" | |
-1 letter: deraigned, grenadier, rereading. | |
-2 letters: dangered, darneder, degrader, deranged, deringer, dreading, engirded, gandered, gardened, gardener, garnered, readding, regained, regainer, regarded, regraded. | |
-3 letters: angered, angrier, dandier, deaired, deeding, degrade, deigned, deraign, derange, derider, dernier, drained, drainer, dredger, dreeing, earring, energid, enraged, gnarred, gradine, grained, grainer, grandee, grander, grenade, gridder, grinded, grinder, nerdier, radding, randier, rangier, readied, readier, reading, rearing, redding, redried, reeding, reginae, regrade, regrind, reigned. | |
-4 letters: adding, aedine, aeried, aerier, agreed, arider, dander, danged, danger, daring, darned, darner, deaden, deader, deaned, dearer, dearie, denari, denied, denier, deride, dinged, dinger, dragee, dredge, earing, earned, earner, edgier, endear, engird, enrage, errand, erring, gadder, gained, gainer, gander, garden, garner, garred, geared, gender, genera, girded, girder, girned, graded, grader, gradin, grided, indeed, neared, nearer, nereid, raided, raider, rained, ranged, ranger, raring, reader, reagin, reared, redden, redder, redear, rediae, reding, reearn, regain, regard, regear, regina, reined, rended, render, reread, ridden, ridder, ridged, rinded, ringed, ringer. | |
-5 letters: adder, aerie, agene, agree, aided, aider, aired, airer, anger, dared, darer, deair, deign, denar, diene, dinar, dined, diner, dinge, direr, dirge, drain, dread, drear, dreed, dried, drier, eager, eagre, eared, edged, edger, eider, ended, ender, erred, gaddi, gadid, garni, genie, genre, gnarr, grade, grain, grand, greed, green, gride, grind, irade, nadir, nided, raged, ragee, ranee, range, ranid, rared, readd, redan, reded, redia, redid, regna, reign, renig, reran, rerig, rider, ridge. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-g-i-n-r-r" | |
+1 letter: intergraded. | |
+2 letters: readdressing. | |
+3 letters: gingerbreaded, redintegrated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 61 64 52 69 6E 67 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100001 01100100 00100000 01010010 01101001 01101110 01100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e a d   R i n g e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0061 0064 0052 0069 006E 0067 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387167702527580737184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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