rings

1. 1.

   gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises

   “the rings require a strong upper body”

   Broadergymnastic apparatus

   plural

Other forms of rings

plural

ringses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rings

What does rings mean?

rings means "gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises".

How many syllables are in rings?

rings has 1 syllable: rings. In IPA it is /ˈɹɪŋz/.

Is rings a common word?

rings is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.