WRING
/ɹɪŋ/
9
Scrabble
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WWF
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Definition
/ɹɪŋ/
noun
- A powerful squeezing or twisting action.“I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.”
- Pain or distress.
verb
- To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.“I didn’t have a towel so I just wrung my hair dry.”
- To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.“Put the berries into a cheesecloth and wring the juice into a bowl.”
- To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: WRING-S
