wringer

Noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.

A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reamer dryer juicer mangler squeezer rolling-pin ricer horseleech

Antonyms

best practice good time life lesson teachable moment time of one's life appropriate response
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Hypernyms

clothes drier clothes dryer

Phrases with the word

get one's tits in a wringer go through the wringer put someone through the wringer clothes wringer mangle and wringer run through the wringer

Examples

Arm wringer, tag to Allin, he comes off the second with a double axehandle to the elbow! Source: Internet

Ana, an antiquities dealer, who has a dark secret as well as supernatural powers inherited from her demon father, is put through the wringer. Source: Internet

During the summer, she pushed her body through the wringer on the track in a variety of events, recording noteworthy times in the lot of them. Source: Internet

Maggie and Eoin are put through the wringer emotionally in this book and I went right along with them; laughing, crying and feeling the gut-wrenching pain of betrayal. Source: Internet

Murray, who has added the China Open to his schedule in October as he continues his return from hip surgery earlier this year, said his body was being put through the wringer at the hardcourt tournament. Source: Internet

This gang of folks from Yonkers, New York will put cars, hair conditioner, flat screen televisions, iPhones, computers, and washing machines through the wringer so the consumer won’t get hustled. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

wring-stave wringable wringbolt wringing wringing wet wringle-wrangle