Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rod or bar forming a step of a ladder.
- noun A crosspiece between the legs of a chair.
- noun The spoke in a wheel.
- noun Nautical One of the spokes or handles on a ship's wheel.
- noun A level or degree in a hierarchy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Preterit and past participle of ring.
- Ringed; having a ring through the snout, as a hog.
- noun A rod or bar; a heavy staff; hence, a cudgel; a club.
- noun Specifically A round or step of a ladder.
- noun One of the bars of a windmill-sail.
- noun A spoke or bar of a wallower or lantern-wheel; a rundle.
- noun Nautical: One of the projecting handles of a steering-wheel.
- noun A floor-timber in a ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
ring . - noun (Shipbuilding) A floor timber in a ship.
- noun One of the rounds of a ladder.
- noun One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
- noun (Mach.) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Past participle of
ring - noun A
crosspiece forming astep of aladder ; around . - noun A
crosspiece betweenlegs of achair . - noun nautical, dated A
floor timber in aship . - noun dated One of the
stakes of acart ; aspar ; a heavystaff . - noun engineering, dated One of the
radial handles projecting from therim of asteering wheel . - noun engineering, dated One of the
pins ortrundles of a lantern wheel.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
- noun a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To my own "frangine" who has just rung from the airport to say she is back home again after trekking for three weeks in the mountains of Bhutan and is on her way over to tell me of latest adventures, laughingly hinting that this was the hardest trek yet!
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On the lowest rung is the corrupt souls who find violence acceptable (ALL MALES::: black, latino, Hells Angels, etc).
Saturday morning rant (story v language) lili 2008
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On the lowest rung is the corrupt souls who find violence acceptable (ALL MALES::: black, latino, Hells Angels, etc).
Only The English are British Newmania 2008
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On the lowest rung is the corrupt souls who find violence acceptable (ALL MALES::: black, latino, Hells Angels, etc).
Letter Two Newmania 2008
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The bottom rung is for players aspiring to make the Pro Bowl.
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On the lowest rung is the corrupt souls who find violence acceptable (ALL MALES::: black, latino, Hells Angels, etc).
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Not a huge nerd, but the name rung a bell so I googled it.
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On the lowest rung is the corrupt souls who find violence acceptable (ALL MALES::: black, latino, Hells Angels, etc).
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I bought a great rug and made them a reading corner with pillows and the sheepskin rung that Lola slept on when she was a baby (she especially loves this corner, and is at this very moment sleeping there).
Brocki business 2006
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I bought a great rug and made them a reading corner with pillows and the sheepskin rung that Lola slept on when she was a baby (she especially loves this corner, and is at this very moment sleeping there).
February 2006 2006
uselessness commented on the word rung
An irritating word when used in place of rang. I just don't like it. Though it improves drastically when used to describe the bars on a ladder.
March 11, 2007
reesetee commented on the word rung
That's how *my* list wants to see it, anyway--as part of a ladder.
March 12, 2007