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dring

dring

English

Verb

dring (third-person singular simple present drings, present participle dringing, simple past and past participle dringed)

  1. (Britain, dialectal, transitive) To press; squeeze; crowd; push.

Derived terms

  • dringing

Noun

dring (plural drings)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A throng; crowd.
  2. (Britain, dialectal) A narrow passage.

Related terms


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

dring

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dringen
  2. imperative of dringen

Anagrams


French

Interjection

dring

  1. brrr, whirr (a whirring sound, such as that of a machine)

Synonyms


North Frisian

Etymology

Possibly from Danish dreng. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian dräng.

Noun

dring m (plural dringer)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) boy, son
    As't'n dring of as't'n foomen?
    Is it a boy or girl?