thrang

== English == === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈθɹæŋ/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈθɹeɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈθɹɛ̃ŋ/ Rhymes: -æŋ Hyphenation: thrang === Etymology 1 === From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”). ==== Adjective ==== thrang (comparative more thrang, superlative most thrang) (dialectal, rare, Northern England, Scotland) Busy, preoccupied. Crowded, busy. Synonym: throng ==== Verb ==== thrang (third-person singular simple present thrangs, present participle thranging, simple past and past participle thranged) (Scotland) To throng. === Etymology 2 === From thring (“to press, squeeze”). ==== Verb ==== thrang simple past of thring == Scots == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θraŋ/ === Noun === thrang (plural thrangs) throng === Adjective === thrang (comparative mair thrang, superlative maist thrang) busy ==== Descendants ==== → Scottish Gaelic: trang === Verb === thrang to throng == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /(h)ɾaŋk/ === Adjective === thrang lenited form of trang