Synonyms:
squeeze, wring
Meaning: a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
contort, deform, distort, wring
Meaning: twist and press out of shape
Synonyms:
wring, wrench
Meaning: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
Usage examples
Would not the first of them who saw me wring my neck like a snipe's?
"But surely," began the contributor, beginning to wring his hands----
The Scullion stopped at once, just as he was about to wring the Canary's neck.
Come, some of you, and hide yourselves, and if it comes again, catch it and wring its neck.'
You are about to place me in a position which cannot fail to wring from jealousy and covetousness their flaming torch of abuse.
When somebody asked about the yellow bird, Garabin laughed, and gave orders that the cook should wring its neck, and toss it to the cat.
He approached Marius, who still lay livid and motionless, and to whom the physician had returned, and began once more to wring his hands.
To see me stagger out of my perfectly nice bed at six o'clock every morning now would wring the sternest heart with compassion and admiration at my faithfulness--to whom?
The peculiar feature of the violences of destiny is, that however polished or cool we may be, they wring human nature from our very bowels, and force it to reappear on the surface.
He never seemed to sleep, ate the poorest morsels, or went without any food when provision failed; let no danger daunt him, no hardship wring complaint from him, but went on through the wild forest, led by guides invisible to them, till they began to hope that home was near.