wringer (redirected from put (someone) through the wringer)

wring·er  (rngr)

n.

One that wrings, especially a device in which laundry is pressed between rollers to extract water.

Idiom:

put (someone) through the wringer Slang

To subject to a severe trial or ordeal.

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wringer [ˈrɪŋə]

n

(Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) another name for mangle² [1]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wringer - a clothes dryer consisting of two rollers between which the wet clothes are squeezed clothes drier, clothes dryer - a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing

Translations

wringer [ˈrɪŋəʳ] N → escurridor m

wringer

n → (Wäsche)mangel f; to go or be put through the wringer (fig inf) → durch die Mangel gedreht werden

wringer [ˈrɪŋəʳ] n → strizzatoio (manuale)

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wringer [ˈrɪŋəʳ] n → strizzatoio (manuale)