dring

English

Etymology

Dialectal variant of thring.

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• dringing

Noun

dring (plural drings)

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

Related terms

• drang
• dringe

Anagrams

• grind

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

dring

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of dringen
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of dringen

Anagrams

• grind

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁiŋ/

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Interjection

dring

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

Synonyms

• drelin

Further reading

• “dring”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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North Frisian

Etymology

Possibly from Danish dreng. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian dräng, Sylt North Frisian Dreeng.

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?

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English drink.

Noun

dring

1. drink