rung

1. A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
2. A crosspiece between legs of a chair.
3. A position in a hierarchy.

   the lowest rung of the society

4. A floor timber in a ship.
5. One of the stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
6. One of the radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel.
7. One of the pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.

1. Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.

   The bells were ringing in the town.

2. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.

   The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.

3. To produce (a sound) by ringing.

   They rang a Christmas carol on their handbells.

4. To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.

   Whose mobile phone is ringing?

5. Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

   That does not ring true.

6. To telephone (someone).

   I will ring you when we arrive.

7. To resound, reverberate, echo.
8. To produce music with bells.
9. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.

adjective

Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.