Definitions for rung
rʌŋrung

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rung, round, stavenoun

   a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

2. rundle, spoke, rungnoun

   one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rung

   pret. and part. pass. of ring.

   The heav’ns and all the constellations rung. John Milton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rung

   A rung is a horizontal support on a ladder for a person's foot, or a level or degree in a hierarchy or process.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Rung

   of Ring

2. Rung

   of Ring

3. Rung

   imp. & p. p. of Ring

4. Rungnoun

   a floor timber in a ship

5. Rungnoun

   one of the rounds of a ladder

6. Rungnoun

   one of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff

7. Rungnoun

   one of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel

8. Etymology: [OE. ronge, AS. hrung, a staff, rod, pole; akin to G. runge a short, thick piece of iron or wood, OD. ronghe a prop, support, Icel. rng a rib in a ship, Goth. Hrugga a staff.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rung

   rung, n. one of the floor-timbers of a ship: one of the rounds of a ladder: a bar: a heavy staff: a cudgel: one of the radial handles of a steering-wheel. [A.S. hrung, a beam; Ger. runge.]

2. Rung

   rung, pa.t. and pa.p. of ring.—adj. having a ring through the nose, as a hog.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RUNG

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rung is ranked #32169 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rung surname appeared 717 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rung.
   
   93.3% or 669 total occurrences were White.
   3.2% or 23 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.6% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.2% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Crosspiece

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rung' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3239

Anagrams for rung »

1. grun

How to pronounce rung?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say rung in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rung in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rung in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of rung in a Sentence

1. Mary Zimmer:

   This family has been adopted by someone in the community. And when I say adopted, I mean businesses, church groups, organizations have come together every night, rung their doorbell and brought a gift to this family. Every night, big gifts, loving gifts.

2. James Hong:

   Well, you know, Chinese parents want you to do some professional jobs rather than be an actor, being an actor is like the last rung in the ladder of professions. They don't even call it a profession because it's shameful to demonstrate your feelings in front of an audience. You were taught to be kind of quiet and to keep to yourself.

3. Lori Kupfer:

   We have a lot of politicians that somehow forgot about people and think the key to getting elected is to support the lowest rung of our society and to give them rights and somehow that’s the answer to getting votes.

4. Kurt Campbell:

   We do have a hotline. It's known to have, the couple of times we've used it, just rung in an empty room for hours upon hours.

5. Cicely Tyson:

   And we’re holding on to the last rung, and those fists are being trampled on by all those three above and still we hold on.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rung
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rung
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rung
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rung
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html