To twist in the hands, as something flexible; twist or flex forcibly: as, to wring clothes after washing, to force out the water; to wring a friend's hand in cordial greeting: often with out.To twist out of place, shape, or relation; bend or strain tortuously or twistingly: as, to wring a mast; to wring the neck of a chicken.To turn or divert the course or purport of; distort; pervert.To affect painfully by or as if by some contorting or compressing action or effect; torture; rack; distress; pain.To force out, as a fluid, by twisting or contorting pressure; extract or obtain by or as if by a squeezing flexure; hence, to squeeze out in any way; extort: as, to wring water from clothes; to wring a reluctant consent from a person: often with out.To free from a liquid by twisting or compression: as, to wring out clothes.To writhe; twist about, as with anguish; squirm; suffer torture.To pinch; pain.To force one's way by pressure.n. A wringer or presser; a wine-press or cider-press.n. Action expressive of anguish; writhing.