rung
see also: Rung
Pronunciation
Rung
Proper noun
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see also: Rung
Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ɹʌŋ/
rung (plural rungs)
- A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
- A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
- (figurative) A position in a hierarchy.
- the lowest rung of the society
- (nautical, dated) A floor timber in a ship.
- (dated) One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
- (engineering, dated) One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.
- (engineering, dated) One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
- French: barreau
- German: Sprosse, Leitersprosse
- Italian: scalino, piolo
- Portuguese: degrau
- Russian: ступе́нька
- Spanish: travesaño
- Past participle of ring (only in senses related to a bell)
- (chiefly dialectal) simple past tense of ring
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, VI:
- With ecchoing Shouts the vaulted Chamber rung, / Belle Chuck was now the TOAST of ev'ry Tongue.
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, VI:
rung (not comparable)
- Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.
- 1842, American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine (volume 13, page 335)
- […] he passed by his gate with a decided scowl on his furrowed brow, and grunting and growling like a newly rung pig.
- 1919, Popular Science (volume 95, number 4, page 31)
- A "rung" pig is comfortable as long as he confines his food hunt to the surface of the ground. Ringing a pig of ordinary size is easy, but special arrangements must be made for handling the big ones.
- 1842, American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine (volume 13, page 335)
Rung
Proper noun
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