What does wring mean?

v. To twist and squeeze something, like clothes, to remove water.; To twist something hard, like a bird's neck, to cause death.

wring

🇺🇸 /rɪŋ/ 🇬🇧 /rɪŋ/

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verb

To twist and squeeze something, like clothes, to remove water.

After washing the clothes, she wrung them out to remove the excess water.

To twist something hard, like a bird's neck, to cause death.

The farmer wrung the chicken's neck to prepare it for cooking.

To twist and squeeze something, like clothes, to remove water.; To twist something hard, like a bird's neck, to cause death.

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