Wring
/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.
Synonyms: distort, pervert, twist, wrest, elicit, provoke, strangle, throttle