wring

4 definitions • 3 examples

to hold something tightly with both hands and twist it by turning your hands in opposite directions

to twist a cloth or piece of clothing with your hands to remove water from it:

She wrung out the shirt and hung it out to dry.

to kill a bird or other animal by twisting and breaking its neck:

I hated doing it but I had to wring their necks or they'd have suffered long, agonising deaths.

to twist something by holding it tightly and turning your hands in opposite directions:

[ M ] She wrung out the shirt and hung it up to dry.