Definitions for wringer

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wringer wring·er

Spelling: [ring-er]

IPA: /ˈrɪŋ ər/

Wringer is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in wringer (eginrrw).

Definitions for wringer

noun

1. a person or thing that wrings.
2. an apparatus or machine for squeezing liquid out of anything wet, as two rollers through which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed.
3. a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal (usually preceded by through the):

Origin of wringer

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at wring, -er¹

Examples for wringer

Get a strong barrel and a pounder—such as used by washerwomen; also a wringer.

But close—say, that man's so close he puts every copper through the wringer.

But then again, he would probably not want to go through the wringer a second time.

I was angry that good people were run through the wringer of a corrupt, unforgiving system.

Never leave a wringer with the pressure on the rollers when not in use.

Thus, the clothes are wrung as dry as in a wringer of the roller type.

He degraded her and he really put her through the wringer, but she survived that and stayed with him anyway.

Judging from his looks, he might have been run through a wringer.

Also, your garments are as wrinkled as though you'd been put through a wringer.

Have a cup of coffee; you sure look as though you've been through a wringer.