To wring something is to twist or squeeze it, usually out of its original shape. If you annoy someone enough, they might threaten to wring your neck.
To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch;
Noun
a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"
Verb
twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one''s hand"
Verb
twist and press out of shape
Verb
twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
Verb
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"
v. t.
To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence;
to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
v. t.
Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
v. t.
To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
v. t.
To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to
squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or
against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form.
v. t.
To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order
to enforce compliance.
v. t.
To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a
mast.
v. i.
To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
n.
A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
Wring
[His steed] so sweat that men might him wring.
The king began to find where his shoe did wring him.
The priest shall bring it [a dove] unto the altar, and wring off his head.2.
Too much grieved and wrung by an uneasy and strait fortune.
Didst thou taste but half the griefs That wring my soul, thou couldst not talk thus coldly.3.
How dare men thus wring the Scriptures?4.
Your overkindness doth wring tears from me.
He rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece.5.
To wring the widow from her 'customed right.
The merchant adventures have been often wronged and wringed to the quick.6.
Wring
'T is all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of sorrow.
Look where the sister of the king of France Sits wringing of her hands, and beats her breast.
Wring
To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch;
To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
Usage Examples
Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds.
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Other Usage ExamplesNothing is so beautiful as spring - when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing.
The 'Sports Illustrated' cover was the last thing I shot. That week, I told my agent, 'You know what, I really... I don't want to be a model anymore. I really want to do movies.' And I think he wanted to wring my neck at the moment.
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