wring
pronunciation
How to pronounce wring in British English:
UK [rɪŋ]
How to pronounce wring in American English:
US [rɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a twisting squeeze
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- Verb:
- twist and press out of shape
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
- obtain by coercion or intimidation
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
Word Origin
- wring
- wring: see wrong
- wring (v.)
- Old English wringan "press, strain, wring, twist" (class III strong verb; past tense wrang, past participle wrungen), from Proto-Germanic *wreng- (cognates: Old English wringen "to wring, press out," Old Frisian wringa, Middle Dutch wringhen, Dutch wringen "to wring," Old High German ringan "to move to and fro, to twist," German ringen "to wrestle"), from PIE *wrengh-, nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn," from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). To wring (one's) hands "press the hands or fingers tightly together (as though wringing)" as an indication of distress or pain is attested from c. 1200.
Example
- 1. I was completely soaked , wet enough to wring out .
- 2. Give those clothes a wring .
- 3. Wring those wet things out .
- 4. Break it up before I wring both of your necks .
- 5. You can 't wring blood from a stone .