Definition of a dead ringer

dead ringer

noun

• something that could be confused for something else, due to close appearance, characteristics, etc.

  You're a dead ringer for your brother.

  Last edited on Sep 23 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'dead':
beat a dead horse	Definitions include: to bring up a subject that was resolved (or should have been resolved) long ago.
be dead meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
brain-dead	Definitions include: unintelligent, unwise, inefficient, etc.
cut somebody dead	Definitions include: to deliberately ignore someone when you meet them.
DDG	Definitions include: acronym for "drop dead gorgeous".
dead	Definitions include: to consume or use up.
dead air	Definitions include: silence on the radio.
dead *ss	Definitions include: "serious"; "not lying".
dead cracked	Definitions include: without money
dead drunk	Definitions include: extremely drunk - passed out or near to passing out.
deaded	Definitions include: extremely tired.
dead end	Definitions include: of an activity, an insurmountable obstacle.
dead log	Definitions include: a person who simply lays there during sex, without responding.
dead meat	Definitions include: dead people or persons.
dead nuts	Definitions include: accurate; "dead on".
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Other terms relating to 'ringer':
ringer	Definitions include: a professional sports player who plays fraudulently on a non-professional team.

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