Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrung

/ɹʌŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: wrung
IPA: /ɹʌŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of wring

Example Sentences

"I wrung out my wet jeans and hung them out to dry."

Derived Forms

unwrung wrungness

Homonyms

rng rung

Rhymes With

young among tongue hung lung sung kung swung chung sprung flung strung

Questions

How do you pronounce wrung?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹʌŋ/.
What does wrung mean?: simple past and past participle of wring

How to pronounce wrung

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