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nose ring

nose ring noun: a ring affixed to the snout of cattle, to make them follow immediately when a chain is attached to the ring.

nose ring: a ring affixed to the snout of cattle, to make them follow immediately when a chain is attached to...
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Noun

nose ring (plural nose rings)

  1. A ring affixed to the snout of cattle, to make them follow immediately when a chain is attached to the ring.
  2. A ring worn on a person's nose, as jewellery.
    • Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X.2024 June 18, Spencer Klavan, “A Matter of Taste”, in The American Mind

nose ring meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

nose ring in Hindi

nose ring
नथ nath, नथनी nathnī

nose ring in Tamil

ring worn as jewellery on the nose
மூக்குத்தி mūkkutti

nose ring in Telugu

ring worn as jewellery on the nose
ముక్కుపుడక mukkupuḍaka, ముక్కెర mukkera
More languagesFewer languages
nose ring in Malayalam
മൂക്കുത്തി mūkkutti
nose ring in Kannada
ಮೂಗುತಿ mūguti
nose ring in Punjabi
ਨਕੇਲ nakel, ਨੱਥ nattha
nose ring in Gujarati
નથ nath
nose ring in Tagalog
taghikaw, tagikaw, pakaw
nose ring in Arabic
بُرَة bura

Forms of nose ring

pluralnose rings
alternative formnosering

Words formed from nose ring

Questions about nose ring

What does nose ring mean?
Nose ring means a ring affixed to the snout of cattle, to make them follow immediately when a chain is attached to the ring.
What is nose ring in Hindi?
Nose ring in Hindi is नथ (nath), नथनी (nathnī). See Nose ring meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is nose ring?
Nose ring is a noun.
What is the plural of nose ring?
The plural of nose ring is nose rings.

Words near nose ring in the dictionary

  1. nose pokes
  2. nose poking
  3. nose powder
  4. nose putties
  5. nose putty
  6. nose ring
  7. nose rings
  8. nose slide
  9. nose slides
  10. nose strip
  11. nose strips

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nose ring (page history and authors); नथ (Hindi) (page history and authors); nose ring (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); નથ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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