wrang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹæŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æŋ
• Homophone: rang

Verb

wrang

1. (dialect) simple past tense of wring
   • 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, p. 31:

     "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wranc, from Old Dutch *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vrɑŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Adjective

wrang (comparative wranger, superlative wrangst)

1. astringent (mouthfeel), tart

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

wrang

1. First-person singular preterite of wringen.
2. Third-person singular preterite of wringen.

Etymology

From the Old Norse adjective rangr from an earlier *wrangr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wrɑnɡ/, [wrɑŋɡ]

Noun

wrang n

1. wrong, injustice

Adjective

wrang

1. rough, uneven

Adjective

wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

1. Wrong.

Adverb

wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

1. Wrong.