Rung - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder (syn: spoke)
Extra examples
He was on the bottom rung on the corporate ladder.
Humans are on the highest rung of the evolutionary ladder.
She worked her way up from the lowest rung on the economic ladder.
...the bottommost rung of the ladder is broken...
...scuffed up her shoes by rubbing her feet under the rung of the chair...
Most of the workers had already rung in by the time I arrived.
The bell has rung - stop writing now.
Jane's rung in to say she'll be late.
I couldn't get back to sleep (=sleep again after waking up) after he'd rung.
How many people have rung up while I've been out?
In a single busy day, the little shop had rung up more than $300.
The bell was rung, and the carriages spoken for. (J. Austen)
Word forms
singular: rung
plural: rungs
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