something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run"
A good player who enters a competition under less than truthful circumstances, usually by claiming a handicap that is much higher than it should be Also known as a sandbagger
(horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses a person who is almost identical to another
{i} person or thing that rings; person or thing that encircles; dead ringer; double, simulacrum; person who enters or is substituted in a competition with the intent to defraud or deceive; (USA & Canada) marble game in which the players put marbles in cross shape inside the center of a circle and each player must knock as many marbles outside the circle by shooting with another marble; horseshoe thrown over a stake; one who rings church bell
an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations