wringverb [ T ]
uk/rɪŋ/us/rɪŋ/wrung, wrungto hold something tightly with both hands and twist it by turning your hands in opposite directions
also wring out to twist a cloth or piece of clothing with your hands to remove water from it:
She wrung out the shirt and hung it out to dry.
wring sth's neck
to kill a bird or other animal by twisting and breaking its neck
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bending, twisting and curving
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- contort
- convoluted
- crook
- flexure
- fluted
- intertwine
- interweave
- knot
- matted
- meander
- meandering
- sinuous
- twiddly
- twine
- twisted
- twisty
- warp
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Idiom(s)
I'll wring your/his/her neck!
wring your hands
Phrasal verb(s)
wring sth from/out of sb