WRUNG
What does "WRUNG" mean?
Past tense and past participle of 'wring': twisted and squeezed forcibly.
Meanings
- Past tense and past participle of 'wring'; twisted to squeeze out liquid. She wrung the towel until not a drop was left.
- Extracted something with difficulty or by force, as a confession or concession. The truth was finally wrung from the witness. figurative
Did you know?
- 'Wrung' rhymes and patterns with sung and rung, but unlike sing and ring, 'wring' lost its middle form - there is no standard 'wrang'.
Word origin
Past tense of 'wring', from Old English 'wringan' (to press, strain, twist); a strong verb following the same vowel pattern as sing/sung and ring/rung.
Remember it
Ring/rung, sing/sung, wring/wrung - drop the i, add a u, and you've twisted the past out of it.
A little poem
Twisted to the bone,
the grey cloth gives up its rain-
the hands ache, and dry.
haiku
Wordplay
- The bell-ringer was a poor laundress: she got the rope wrung but never the towels.
What it teaches
Pressure squeezes truth out of a cloth and a person alike; both come out wrinkled.
Quick facts
What does WRUNG mean?
Past tense and past participle of 'wring': twisted and squeezed forcibly.
Is WRUNG a valid word?
Yes — WRUNG is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WRUNG?
WRUNG has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does WRUNG come from?
Past tense of 'wring', from Old English 'wringan' (to press, strain, twist); a strong verb following the same vowel pattern as sing/sung and ring/rung.
What can WRUNG teach us?
Pressure squeezes truth out of a cloth and a person alike; both come out wrinkled.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.