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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. : a machine or device for pressing out liquid or moisture. a clothes wringer. b. : something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion. his illness put them through the wringer. Examples of wringer in a Sentence.
WRINGER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of wringer in English. wringer. noun [ C ] uk / ˈrɪŋ.ə r/ us / ˈrɪŋ.ɚ / (UK also mangle) Add to word list. a machine used for pressing water out of clothes by putting the clothes between two heavy, smooth, round bars. ctbctb8/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages.
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.
noun. 1. a person or thing that wrings. 2. a machine or device for squeezing out water or other liquid, esp. one fitted with opposed rollers to squeeze the water from wet clothes. Idioms: put someone through the wringer. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Jul 4, 2015 · Definition of wringer noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
