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throng

[thrawng, throng]

noun

  1. a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. a great number of things crowded or considered together.

    a throng of memories.

  3. Chiefly Scot.pressure, as of work.



verb (used without object)

  1. to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers; crowd.

verb (used with object)

  1. to crowd or press upon; jostle.

  2. to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd.

    He thronged the picture with stars.

  3. to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection.

  4. to fill by crowding or pressing into.

    They thronged the small room.

adjective

Scot. and North England.
  1. filled with people or objects; crowded.

  2. (of time) filled with things to do; busy.

throng

/ θɒŋ /

noun

  1. a great number of people or things crowded together

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to gather in or fill (a place) in large numbers; crowd

  2. (tr) to hem in (a person); jostle

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. dialect(postpositive) busy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • interthronging adjective
  • overthrong verb
  • unthronged adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of throng1

before 1000; (noun) Middle English; Old English gethrang; cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang pressure, Old Norse ٳǫԲ throng; (adj. and v.) Middle English; akin to the noun; compare obsolete thring to press
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of throng1

Old English gethrang; related to Old Norse throng, Old High German Բō
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Synonym Study

See crowd 1.
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She took in the crowd and said it was uplifting to see such a huge and diverse throng of people stand up, in peaceful protest, against authoritarianism and the militarization of the country.

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Business owners also regularly complain about the throngs of people who use drugs day and night in the park.

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And after watching videos of chaos in the streets all week, she figured she would be joining throngs of passionate demonstrators.

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The streets are thronging with a snaking parade of mums, dads and children from the local school, clad in Norwegian national dress.

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At a news conference Thursday, Abdallah told the throng of local officials and reporters gathered that he forgave the suspect and had instructed his staff not to talk about him.

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