Wring - definition of Wring from LearnEnglishIrregularVerbs.com

wring /rɪŋ/

1 to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid:
Getting back to the wash, the last thing that had to be done was to wring the clothes and hang them to dry.
I wrung out one sleeve at a time, then another part of the coat, then the next, until I had wrung out as much as I could.
Every item had to be wrung out by hand.
2 to get (something) out of someone or something with a lot of effort:
It is greatly profitable, and almost invariably artistic, to wring advantage out of the disadvantages which confront you.
I wrung the information out of him.
3 to twist and break (an animal’s neck):
You take one step in his direction and I'll wring your neck.
One day i tried to wring a chicken's neck like i saw my aunts do.
Mom had wrung the heads off three chickens and had one more to go.
4 cause pain or distress to:
Read over again those cruel lines of yours, and let them wring your very soul!
Mr. Pilkington had said his say and departed, a pitiful figure, a spectacle which should have wrung her heart.