Wring

//ɹɪŋ//

Synonyms for "wring" (242 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Strong matches (72)

Related words (121)

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Related terms

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derived

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has context

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manner of

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related to

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similar

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Translations

114 translations across 44 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • քամել verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • тартып алыу verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • һығып алыу verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • һығыу verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • һығыу verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • извивам врата verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
  • изстисквам verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • изтръгвам verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • изцеждам чрез извиване verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Catalan

4 entries
  • escórrer verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • esprémer verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • esprémer verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • retorçar verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • 擰 /拧 verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • 絞 /绞 verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Czech

1 entries
  • ždímat verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Danish

2 entries
  • vride verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • vride verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Dutch

3 entries
  • afpersen verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • uitwringen verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • wringen verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • i-a:f verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • premtordi verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • vringi verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Finnish

4 entries
  • puristettu neste noun (product of wringing)
  • vääntö noun (powerful squeezing or twisting action)
  • ahdistaa verb (of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain)
  • imeyttää verb (to slide (two ultraflat surfaces) together such that their faces bond)

French

1 entries
  • essorer verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Friulian

1 entries
  • stuargi verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Galician

3 entries
  • espremer verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • espremer verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • retorcer verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

German

2 entries
  • auswringen verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • wringen verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Greek

2 entries
  • στείβω verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • στραγγίζω verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • סָחַט verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • סחט verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • facsar verb (to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it)
  • kicsavar verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • kifacsar verb (to extract (a liquid) from something wet by squeezing, twisting, or otherwise putting pressure on it)
  • kinyom verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • peras verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • remas verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Italian

1 entries
  • spremere verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Japanese

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  • 絞る verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ច្បាច់ verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • ពូត verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Latvian

1 entries
  • griezt verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Manx

1 entries
  • faast verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • мушгих verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • ᠮᠤᠰᠭᠢᠬᠤ verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Māori

3 entries
  • kōwiri verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
  • tatau verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • tāwhiri verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Norman

1 entries
  • teurtre verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • vri verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • vri verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • بورمق verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
  • بوكمك verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Persian

1 entries
  • چلاندن verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Polish

2 entries
  • wyżymać verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • wyżąć verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • arrancar verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • torcer verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • torcer verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Rarotongan

1 entries
  • tatau verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Romanian

2 entries
  • bate verb (of a thing (such as footwear): to pinch or press (a person or part of their body), causing pain)
  • stoarce verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Russian

4 entries
  • вы́жать verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • вы́жать verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • вы́крутить verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • выжима́ть verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Samoan

1 entries
  • tatau verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • snìomh verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • snìomh verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • iscijéditi verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • iscijéditi verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • исције́дити verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • исције́дити verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)

Spanish

4 entries
  • despescuezar verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
  • escurrir verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)
  • espescuezar verb (to hold (someone or something) tightly and press or twist)
  • estrujar verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Swedish

2 entries
  • tvinga verb (to obtain (something) from or out of a person or thing by extortion or other force)
  • vrida ur verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Tongan

1 entries
  • tatau verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Tuamotuan

1 entries
  • tau verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • vắt verb (to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out)

Sample sentences

136 total sentences available.

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You can't wring any more money from me.

Source: tatoeba (29116)

It was hard to resist the impulse to wring Tom's neck.

Source: tatoeba (1096161)

I cannot wring this carpet by myself.

Source: tatoeba (1728247)

Where did you wring them out?

Source: tatoeba (1885707)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.