rung

Plural: rungs

Noun

• A horizontal crosspiece forming a step of a ladder.
• a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
• one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
• A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
• A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
• A position in a hierarchy.
• A floor timber in a ship.
• One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
• One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.
• One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

Verb

• sound loudly and sonorously
• ring or echo with sound
• make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
• attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
• past participle of ring (only in senses related to a bell)
• simple past of ring

Adj

• Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.

Examples

• Each high-scoring word was another rung on the ladder to Scrabble victory.
• the lowest rung of the society

Synonyms

band, border, call, call up, echo, environ, knell, peal, phone, resound, reverberate, ring, round, rundle, skirt, spoke, stave, surround, telephone

Related Words

RUNGLESS

Anagrams of rung