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dring¹

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Dialectal variant of thring.

verb drings · dringing · dringed

  1. UK, dialectal, transitive To press; squeeze; crowd; push.

noun drings

  1. UK, dialectal A throng; crowd.
  2. UK, dialectal A narrow passage.

Dring²

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A townland in County Cavan, Ireland.
  3. A hamlet and townland in County Longford, Ireland. Irish spelling: Droing.

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"dring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dring. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dring. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dring

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"dring." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dring.

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@misc{dring_2026,
  title = {dring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}