rung
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English [Term?], from Old English hrung, from Proto-Germanic *hrungō. Compare Gothic 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌰 (hrugga, “a staff”).
Noun
[edit]rung (plural rungs)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Rungs_of_ladders_and_chair_%28PSF%29.png/220px-Rungs_of_ladders_and_chair_%28PSF%29.png)
- A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
- A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
- 1854, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Feathertop: a Moralized Legend”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
- One of its arms was a disabled flail which used to be wielded by Goodman Rigby, before his spouse worried him out of this troublesome world; the other, if I mistake not, was composed of the pudding stick and a broken rung of a chair, tied loosely together at the elbow.
- (figurative) A position in a hierarchy.
- the lowest rung of the society
- 2023 June 15, Kat Moon, “Ashley Park’s Main Character Energy From ‘Joy Ride’ Is Here To Stay: ‘I’m Treating Myself Like A Lead Now’”, in Women's Health[1]:
- “I’m very proud that I’ve worked on every rung of the ladder,” Ashley says. “When you go to college, you don’t want to be a senior right away—you want to be a freshman.”
- (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.
Translations
[edit]ladder step
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crosspiece between chair legs
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a position in a hierarchy
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]rung
- past participle of ring (only in senses related to a bell)
- (chiefly dialectal) simple past of ring
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section VI:
- With ecchoing Shouts the vaulted Chamber rung, / Belle Chuck was now the TOAST of ev'ry Tongue.
- 1906, South Carolina. General Assembly, Report of State Officers, Board and Committees to the General ...[2], page 229:
- Mr. Seibels, in his testimony, said I rung him up to see about labels. He is very much mistaken. I rung him up to see about bottles.
- 1996, Peter Golenbock, Wrigleyville: A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs[3], page 435:
- So they rung him up, and the next day he came to me and wanted to know where that pitch was.
- 2008, Dean Kuipers, Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke[4], page 70:
- "I just rung him up, told him I was looking for an apartment and some work and got both of them the same day," Moe said.
Adjective
[edit]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.
Usage notes
[edit]Rang and rung are incorrect for the past of ring in the sense of encircle, where ringed is used instead.
Rung as a simple past is usually considered incorrect.
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Atong (India)
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
[edit]rung
References
[edit]- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Jingpho
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Burmese ရုံး (rum:).
Noun
[edit]rung
References
[edit]- Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research[5], volume 35, , →ISSN, pages 91–128
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Verb
[edit]rung • (㧤, 容, 慵, 搈, 𢫝, 𢲣, 𢴋, 𢹈)
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