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1. To twist, squeeze, or compress, especially so as to extract liquid. Often used with out.
2. To extract (liquid) by twisting or compressing. Often used with out.
3. To wrench or twist forcibly or painfully: wring the neck of a chicken.
4. To clasp and twist or squeeze (one's hands), as in distress.
5. To clasp firmly and shake (another's hand), as in congratulation.
6. To cause distress to; affect with painful emotion: a tale that wrings the heart.
7. To obtain or extract by applying force or pressure: wrung the truth out of the recalcitrant witness.
v.intr.
To writhe or squirm, as in pain.
n.
The act or an instance of wringing; a squeeze or twist.
1. (often foll by out) to twist and compress to squeeze (a liquid) from (cloth, etc.)
2. (tr) to twist forcibly wring its neck
3. (tr) to clasp and twist (one's hands), esp in anguish
4. (tr) to distress wring one's heart
5. (tr) to grip (someone's hand) vigorously in greeting
6. (tr) to obtain by or as if by forceful means wring information out of
7. (intr) to writhe with or as if with pain
wringing wet soaking; drenched
n
an act or the process of wringing
[Old English wringan; related to Old High German ringan (German wringen), Gothic wrungō snare. See wrangle, wrong]
Noun 1. wring - a twisting squeeze;
contort, deform, distort
distort, twine, twist - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
wring, wrench - twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
wring - twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
2. wring - twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
wrench
distort, twine, twist - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"
contort, wring, deform, distort - twist and press out of shape
wring out, squeeze out - extract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing; "wring out the washcloth"
3. wring - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
extort, gouge, rack, squeeze
fleece, overcharge, plume, , soak, , pluck - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
bleed - "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
4.
mash, squash, squeeze, crush, squelch - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
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