Dictionary Entry
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.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.
- 2transitive verb
Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.
- 3transitive verb
To distort; to pervert; to wrest.
- 4transitive 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.
- 5transitive verb
To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.
- 6transitive verb
To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.
- 7intransitive verb
To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
- 8noun
A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.
- 9noun
a twisting squeeze
"gave the wet cloth a wring"
Synonyms
- 10verb
twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
"Wring one's hand"
Synonyms
- 11verb
twist and press out of shape
- 12verb
twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
"wring the towels"
- 13verb
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"
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