wring
verb/rɪŋ/
/rɪŋ/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they wring | /rɪŋ/ /rɪŋ/ |
| he / she / it wrings | /rɪŋz/ /rɪŋz/ |
| past simple wrung | /rʌŋ/ /rʌŋ/ |
| past participle wrung | /rʌŋ/ /rʌŋ/ |
| -ing form wringing | /ˈrɪŋɪŋ/ /ˈrɪŋɪŋ/ |
- wring something (out) to twist and squeeze wet clothes, etc. in order to get the water out of them
- wring something if you wring a bird’s neck, you twist it in order to kill the birdMore Like This Silent lettersSilent letters
Word OriginOld English wringan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wringen, also to wrong.
Idioms
See wring in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarywring somebody’s hand
- to press somebody’s hand very hard when you shake hands
wring your hands
- to hold your hands together, and twist and press them together in a way that shows you are anxious or upset, especially when you cannot change the situation see also hand-wringing
wring somebody’s neck
- (informal) when you say that you will wring somebody’s neck, you mean that you are very angry or annoyed with them
- When he was late again I wanted to wring his neck.
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