Wring | Mean of wring in English Dictionary

/ˈrɪŋ/

• Verb
• to twist and squeeze (wet cloth, hair, etc.) to remove water
1. I wrung the towel and hung it up to dry.
2. I wrung my hair and wrapped it in a towel.
3. The rag was wrung dry. [=squeezed until almost all of the liquid was gone]
4. wring a sponge out
5. I wrung out my wet bathing suit.
6. She has been wrung dry by bills. [=she has no money left because she used all of it to pay bills]
• to get (something) out of someone or something with a lot of effort
1. They tried to wring [=squeeze] every last dollar of profit out of the failing company.
2. I finally managed to wring an apology from her.
• to twist and break (an animal's neck) in order to kill the animal
1. wring a chicken's neck

• very wet
1. His clothes were wringing wet from the rain.
• to twist and rub your hands together because you are nervous or upset
1. She was wringing her hands and pacing back and forth while waiting for her son to call.