Wring

/ɹɪŋ/

noun

  1. A powerful squeezing or twisting action.

    I grasped his hand and gave it a grateful wring.

  2. Pain or distress.

verb

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.

Synonyms: distort, pervert, twist, wrest, elicit, provoke, strangle, throttle

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