Wringer (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. an apparatus or machine for squeezing liquid out of anything wet, such as a pair of rollers between which an article of wet clothing may be squeezed.
  2. a painful, difficult, or tiring experience; ordeal: Their years-long disagreement was an emotional wringer that hurt them both deeply.
  3. a person or thing that wrings: My father is a real worrier—a wringer of hands and a pacer of floors.
Idioms
  1. through the wringer,
    • through acute suffering or hardship: He’s really been through the wringer with his child’s illness.A series of disasters put her family through the wringer financially.
    • through rigorous testing, examination, or trial: Our numbers have been run through the wringer every which way, and it still looks like some cuts will be needed.Keep an eye out for a full review once we put this racing bike through the wringer.
noun
  1. another name for mangle 2 (def. 1)
Wringer (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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