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wring

  [ring] verb, wrung, wring⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
2. to twist and compress, or compress without twisting, in order to force out water or other liquid (often fol. by out): to wring clothes.
3. to extract or expel by twisting or compression (usually fol. by out or from).
4. to affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action.
5. to clasp tightly with or without twisting: to wring one's hands in pain.
6. to force (usually fol. by off) by twisting.
7. to extract or get by forceful effort or means (often fol. by out).
–verb (used without object)
8. to perform the action of wringing something.
9. to writhe, as in anguish.
–noun
10. a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME wringen, OE wringan; c. G ringen to wrestle
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wring   (rĭng)   
v.   wrung (rŭng), wring·ing, wrings

v.   tr.

  1. To twist, squeeze, or compress, especially so as to extract liquid. Often used with out.

  2. To extract (liquid) by twisting or compressing. Often used with out.

  3. To wrench or twist forcibly or painfully: wring the neck of a chicken.

  4. To clasp and twist or squeeze (one's hands), as in distress.

  5. To clasp firmly and shake (another's hand), as in congratulation.

  6. To cause distress to; affect with painful emotion: a tale that wrings the heart.

  7. To obtain or extract by applying force or pressure: wrung the truth out of the recalcitrant witness.

v.   intr.
To writhe or squirm, as in pain.
n.  The act or an instance of wringing; a squeeze or twist.

[Middle English wringen, from Old English wringan; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

wring 
O.E. wringan "press, strain, wring, twist" (class III strong verb; past tense wrang, pp. wrungen), from P.Gmc. *wrenganan (cf. O.E. wringen "to wring, press out," O.Fris. wringa, M.Du. wringhen, Du. wringen "to wring," O.H.G. ringan "to move to and fro, to twist," Ger. ringen "to wrestle"), from PIE *wrengh- "to turn," nasalized variant of *wergh- "to turn," from base *wer- "to turn, bend" (see versus). Wringer "device for squeezing water from clothes" first recorded 1799. Fig. phrase to put (something) through the wringer first recorded 1942, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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