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throng

Pronunciation: /θɹɒŋ/

The English word “throng” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
  2. A group of things; a host or swarm.

verb

  1. To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
  2. To congregate.
  3. To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

adjective

  1. Filled with persons or objects; crowded.
  2. Busy; hurried.

Etymology

From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press, to push; to force”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”) and Persian ترنجیدن…

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