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- Dictionarywring·er/ˈriNGɡər/
noun
- 1. a device for wringing water from wet clothes, mops, or other objects.
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A wringer is a device or machine for squeezing out liquid or moisture, or something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion. Learn more about the word history, examples, and related phrases of wringer.
A wringer is a machine for squeezing water out of clothes by putting them between two rollers. Learn how to use this word in sentences, idioms and alternative expressions, and see how it is pronounced and translated in different languages.
an apparatus or machine for squeezing liquid out of anything wet, such as a pair of rollers between which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed. a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal: Their years-long disagreement was an emotional wringer that hurt them both deeply. a person or thing that wrings:
1. a person or thing that wrings. 2. an apparatus for squeezing out liquid, as two rollers through which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed. Idioms: put through the wringer, to subject to a difficult or exhausting experience. [1250–1300]
Jul 1, 2024 · noun. a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed. see more.
Wringer is a noun that can mean a person or thing that wrings, a machine for squeezing liquid out of wet clothes, or a difficult or painful experience. Learn more about its origin, usage, and idioms from Collins English Dictionary.
Jul 4, 2015 · A wringer is a machine with two rollers for squeezing water out of wet clothes. Learn how to pronounce wringer, see pictures and idioms, and access the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
