rung
ruhng
- n a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- n one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
- v sound loudly and sonorously
- v ring or echo with sound
- v make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
- v get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- v extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
- v attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
- But wages are just part of the problem for workers in bottom-rung jobs.
- After 1949, when Party membership suddenly turned from a dangerous liability into the first rung on a new ladder to success, millions rushed to sign up while Liu, who had dared to .
- All told, there's only one monarch in music whose title has never rung false and still holds up and that's Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul.