Definitions for wrung

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Spelling: [ruhng]

IPA: /rʌŋ/

Wrung is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in wrung (gnruw).

Definitions for wrung

noun

1. a wringing; forcible twist or squeeze.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of wring.

verb (used with object)

1. to twist forcibly:
2. to twist and compress, or compress without twisting, in order to force out water or other liquid (often followed by out):
3. to extract or expel by twisting or compression (usually followed by out or from).
4. to affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action.
5. to clasp tightly with or without twisting:
6. to force (usually followed by off) by twisting.
7. to extract or get by forceful effort or means (often followed by out).

verb (used without object)

1. to perform the action of wringing something.
2. to writhe, as in anguish.

Origin of wrung

before 900; Middle English wringen, Old English wringan; cognate with German ringen to wrestle

Examples for wrung

It wrung the hearts of all who had opportunities of personally observing it.

M'Leod wrung my hand as he spoke, and the tears stood in his eyes.

To wring all that can be wrung from metaphor, note what our elected and appointed officials are not dressed as.

Pundits have wrung their hands over the consequences of the leaks.

In both stories by these authors from Spain, sex is wrung of joy or even sweet mystery.

All the despair in Dick's face, though it wrung his heart, could not move him.

The silent Ricardi rose somewhat mortified; the other Ricardi wrung his hands.

Almost every “fact” is wrung through an ideological thresher and pulverized.

She wrung her hands in agony, distressed that she could not at once repair the evil she had done.

I wrung my hands about this until the other day, when a now-infamous SAT question hit the Web.