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Defenition of the word wring

    • Defenition of the word wring

      • twist and press out of shape
      • obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"
      • a twisting squeeze: "gave the wet cloth a wring"
      • twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
      • a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"
      • twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one''s hand"
      • twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
      • obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
      • a twisting squeeze
      • twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
      • twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
      • obtain by coercion or intimidation

    Synonyms for the word wring

      • compress
      • contort
      • deform
      • distort
      • extort
      • gouge
      • mangle
      • press
      • rack
      • squeeze
      • twist
      • wrench

    Similar words in the wring

      • squeeze out
      • wring
      • wring out
      • wringer
      • wringer's
      • wringers
      • wringing
      • wrings

    Hyponyms for the word wring

      • bleed
      • morph

    Hypernyms for the word wring

      • crush
      • distort
      • fleece
      • gazump
      • hook
      • mash
      • motion
      • movement
      • overcharge
      • pluck
      • plume
      • rob
      • soak
      • squash
      • squeeze
      • squelch
      • surcharge
      • twine
      • twist

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