nose ring
noun
1
: a hooplike piece of jewelry worn on the nose
Note: A nose ring may be worn through a pierced hole or held by a clasp.
2
: a ring put through an animal's nose to lead or control it
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Brides are famously decked out in necklaces, earrings, nose rings, hair pieces and amulets, and daughters often inherit jewelry as family heirlooms.
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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
Piercings, for instance, should be removed or covered with a plastic bandage, to prevent the spread of bacteria or the plummeting of a nose ring into a vat of soup.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
Leal, who is forty, tall, and broad-shouldered, with a pair of delicate nose rings and a low ponytail, plucked one off the belt and handed it to me.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Bloodlines stars Brec Bassinger and Richard Harmon also break down the movie magic behind some of their biggest action sequences, including a scene that sees Harmon strung up by his nose ring.
—Mike Miller Published, EW.com, 5 May 2025
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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
Piercings, for instance, should be removed or covered with a plastic bandage, to prevent the spread of bacteria or the plummeting of a nose ring into a vat of soup.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
Leal, who is forty, tall, and broad-shouldered, with a pair of delicate nose rings and a low ponytail, plucked one off the belt and handed it to me.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Bloodlines stars Brec Bassinger and Richard Harmon also break down the movie magic behind some of their biggest action sequences, including a scene that sees Harmon strung up by his nose ring.
—Mike Miller Published, EW.com, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for nose ring
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“Nose ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nose%20ring. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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