dring

See also: 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

Noun

dring (plural drings)

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

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

dring

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

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʁiŋ/
  • (file)

Interjection

dring

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

Further reading

Garo

Noun

dring

  1. room

Middle English

Noun

dring

  1. Alternative form of dreng

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?

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English drink.

Noun

dring

  1. drink
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