ringtone
the sound a cell phone makes when receiving a call or text message.
ring tone
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a variation of
ringtone.
Example Sentences
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First his phone rang with an Ariana Grande ring tone, a reference to the celebrity couple's recent break up.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2018
Your test piece of silver should produce the same high-pitched ring tone when it is dropped or tapped.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Feb. 5, 2018
It might be the ring tone on your phone?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2017
There was a very obvious irony here: anyone listening to one of Maxwell Davies's early works could be forgiven for wondering whether a ring tone had been written into the score.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2011
The song stops as my ring tone goes off.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
