wring [wringwringswrungwringing] BrE [rɪŋ] NAmE [rɪŋ] verb (wrung, wrungBrE [rʌŋ] ; NAmE [rʌŋ] ) 1.~ sth (out) to twist and squeeze clothes, etc. in order to get the water out of them 2.~ sth if you wring a bird's neck, you twist it in order to kill the bird Idioms: ↑wring somebody's hand▪ ↑wring somebody's neck▪ ↑wring your hands Derived: ↑wring something out of somebody Verb forms:
Word Origin: Old English wringan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wringen, also to ↑wrong.