Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wringing wet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: wring-ing wet
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

So wet that water can be wrung out; very wet.

adj

As a maximum; at most.

Informal

Example Sentences

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"[…] they stridde ouer me, and slapped their buttockes vpon my face, and all bepissed me, till I was wringing wet:"
"1621, John Ashmore (translator), Certain Selected Odes of Horace, Englished, Ad Pirrham, Book 1, Ode 5, p. , I hung to th’ Sea god, after strange beseeches, My doublet wringing wet, and cod-piec’t breeches."
"The weather being fine and clear, we seized this opportunity to search for the leak, and, knowing it to be forwards, we moved the sails from the fore sail-room, and found them wringing wet;"
"It is almost impossible to sleep on the floor, because the damp soaks up from below. I was shown mattresses which were still wringing wet at eleven in the morning."

Usage

Informal

Synonyms

dripping wet soaking wet sopping wet

Questions

What does wringing wet mean?: So wet that water can be wrung out; very wet.

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