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Wring

/ɹɪŋ/

A powerful squeezing or twisting action.

📖 Definitions of "Wring"

noun
  1. 1

    A powerful squeezing or twisting action.

    "I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring."

  2. 2

    Pain or distress.

verb
  1. 1

    To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.

    "I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry."

  2. 2

    To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.

    "Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl."

  3. 3

    To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.

  4. 4

    To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.

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