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What (who) is wring$92600$ - definition
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Wring; Wringing (disambiguation)
wringing
¦ adjective extremely wet; soaked.
wring
¦ verb (past and past participle wrung r??)
1. squeeze and twist to force liquid from.
extract (liquid) in this way.
squeeze (someone's hand) tightly.
2. break (an animal's neck) by twisting forcibly.
3. (often wring something from/out of) obtain with difficulty or effort.
4. cause great pain or distress to: the letter wrung her heart.
¦ noun an act of wringing.
Phrases
wring one's hands clasp and twist one's hands together as a gesture of distress or despair.
Origin
OE wringan (v.), of W. Gmc origin; related to wrong.
wring
(wrings, wringing, wrung)
1.
If you wring something out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you even though they do not want to.
Buyers use different ruses to wring free credit out of their suppliers...
= squeeze
VERB: V n out of/from n
2.
If someone wrings their hands, they hold them together and twist and turn them, usually because they are very worried or upset about something. You can also say that someone is wringing their hands when they are expressing sorrow that a situation is so bad but are saying that they are unable to change it.
The Government has got to get a grip. Wringing its hands and saying it is a world problem just isn't good enough.
PHRASE: V inflects
Wikipedia
Wringing
Wringing may refer to:
- Wringing (gauge blocks), the temporary attachment of gauge blocks to each other
- Wringer, a device that extracts liquid by action of twisting or squeezing (see: mangle (machine))
- Neck wringing (see: strangling)
