English Explanatory Dictionary

throng

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/θɹɒŋ/ /θɹɔŋ/ /θɹɑŋ/ en-us-throng.ogg

Word forms

throng throngs thronging thronged thronger throngest

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 (Trenjidan, “to beat, to push”). Compare typologically crowd (see there for more).

Synonyms

crowd multitude

Related words

thring

Derived words

throngful throngly throngy athrong bethrong enthrong inthrong overthrong thronger throngingly unthronged
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