Rung

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
3. A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
4. A position in a hierarchy.
   figuratively
5. A floor timber in a ship.
   dated
6. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
   dated
7. One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.
   dated
8. One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
   dated

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“the lowest rung of the society”

““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.””

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