throng

== English == === 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 Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɹɒŋ/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /θɹɔŋ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /θɹɑŋ/ Rhymes: -ɒŋ Hyphenation: throng === Noun === throng (plural throngs) A group of people crowded or gathered closely together. Synonyms: crowd, multitude A group of things; a host or swarm. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === throng (third-person singular simple present throngs, present participle thronging, simple past and past participle thronged) (transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it. (intransitive) To congregate. (transitive) To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings. ==== Related terms ==== thring ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === throng (comparative thronger, superlative throngest) (Northern England, Scotland) Filled with persons or objects; crowded. [from 16th c.] Busy; hurried. [from 17th c.]