Definition of: wring

(ring) v. wrung (Rare wringed), wring·ing v.t.
1. To squeeze or compress by twisting; turn and strain with force; pass (clothes) through a wringer.
2. To squeeze or press out, as water, by twisting.
3. To extort; acquire by extortion.
4. To distress; torment.
5. To twist or wrest violently out of shape or place: to wring his neck.
6. Obs. To pervert; distort.
—v.i.
7. To writhe or squirm, as with anguish.
8. To perform the action of wringing. ♦ Homophone: ring. [OE wringan]