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1 wring
(a) (wet cloth, clothes) essorer, tordre;∎ he wrung the towel dry il a essoré la serviette en la tordant;∎ she wrung the water from the sponge elle a exprimé l'eau de l'éponge∎ she wrung the chicken's neck elle a tordu le cou au poulet;∎ figurative I'll wring his neck! je vais lui tordre le cou!(c) (hand → in handshake) serrer;∎ he wrung her hand il lui a serré la main vigoureusement;∎ to wring one's hands (in despair) se tordre les mains (de désespoir);∎ figurative it's no use sitting there wringing your hands cela ne sert à rien de rester assis à vous désespérer∎ she wrung every last detail from him elle a réussi à lui extorquer tous les renseignements;∎ I'll wring the truth out of them je vais leur arracher la vérité;∎ the blackmailer wrung £5,000 from her le maître chanteur lui a extorqué 5000 livres;∎ he's wringing the maximum publicity from the situation il profite de la situation pour en tirer le maximum de publicité∎ her efforts to cope with four children on her own wrung my heart ses efforts pour se débrouiller toute seule avec quatre enfants me fendaient le cœuressorer;∎ do not wring (on label) ne pas essorer3 noun∎ give the cloth a wring essorez la serpillière(wet cloth, clothes) essorer, tordre;∎ wring those wet clothes out for me essore ou tords ces habits mouillés, s'il te plaît
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