dring

Etymology

Dialectal variant of thring.

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.

Noun

dring (plural drings)

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

Anagrams

• grind

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

dring

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

Anagrams

• grind

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁiŋ/

Interjection

dring

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

Further reading

• “dring” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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?

Etymology

From English drink.

Noun

dring

1. drink