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1. A twisting squeeze
   "gave the wet cloth a wring";
   - squeeze

1. Twist and press out of shape
   - contort, deform, distort
    
2. Twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
   "Wring one's hand";
   - wrench
    
3. Obtain by coercion or intimidation
   "They wrung money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss";
   - extort, squeeze, rack [archaic], gouge [informal]
    
4. Twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
   "wring the towels"

Sounds like: rights, writes, rites, wrights

Derived forms: wrung, wrings, wringing

See also: wring out

Type of: crush, distort, fleece [informal], gazump [Brit, informal], hook [informal], mash, motion, movement, overcharge, pluck [informal], rob, skin [informal], soak [informal], squash, squeeze, squelch, squidge [informal], squish [informal], surcharge, twine, twist

Encyclopedia: Wring