Definition: a twisting squeeze
Usage: gave the wet cloth a wring
Definition: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish
Usage: Wring one's hand
Main entry: contort, distort, deform, wring
Definition: twist and press out of shape
Main entry: wring
Definition: twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid
Usage: wring the towels
Main entry: rack, extort, wring, gouge, squeeze
Definition: obtain by coercion or intimidation
Usage: They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss; They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him