wring
wring is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
- transitive verb. Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
- transitive verb. To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
- transitive verb. To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
- intransitive verb. To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
- noun. A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
- 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"
Synonyms
squeeze, wrench, contort, deform, distort, extort, gouge, rack
Common word forms
wrings, wringed, wringer, wringing
Words from these letters
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