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Wrung
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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 followed by out): to wring clothes.
3.
to extract or expel by twisting or compression (usually followed by out or from).
4.
to affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action.
5.
EXPANDto clasp tightly with or without twisting: to wring one's hands in pain.
6.
to force (usually followed by off) by twisting.
7.
COLLAPSEto extract or get by forceful effort or means (often followed 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.
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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
EXPAND*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.
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