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

• dringing

Noun

dring (plural drings)

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

Related terms

• drang
• dringe

Anagrams

• grind

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

dring

1. inflection of dringen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• grind

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁiŋ/

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Interjection

dring

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

   Synonym: drelin

Further reading

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

Garo

Noun

dring

1. room

Middle English

Noun

dring

1. alternative form of dreng

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• dräng (Mooring)
• Dreeng (Sylt)

Etymology

Either from or related with Danish dreng.

Noun

dring m (plural dringer) (Föhr-Amrum)

1. boy

   As’t en dring of as’t en foomen?

   Is it a boy or is it a girl?

2. son

   Synonym: (dated) sön

   Hi as mä san dring tu strun gingen.

   He went to the beach with his son.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English drink.

Noun

dring

1. drink

Related terms

• dringim

References

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 17