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dring

/dɹˈɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
dring
IPA
/dɹˈɪŋ/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To press; squeeze; crowd; push.

British usage; Transitive verb

noun

A throng; crowd.

British usage

noun

A narrow passage.

British usage

name

A surname.

name

A townland in County Cavan, Ireland.

name

A hamlet and townland in County Longford, Ireland. Irish spelling: Droing.

Etymology

Dialectal variant of thring.

Usage

Inflected Forms

drings (present, singular) dringing (participle, present) dringed (participle, past) dringed (past) drings (plural)

Derived Forms

dringing

Frequently Paired Words

drang dringe

Rhymes With

thing bring king spring ring wing sing string swing beijing singh ing

Questions

How do you pronounce dring?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɹˈɪŋ/.
What does dring mean?
To press; squeeze; crowd; push.
Where does dring come from?
Dialectal variant of thring.

How to pronounce dring

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