throng

[ thrawng, throng ]

/ θrɔŋ, θrɒŋ /

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noun

a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.

a great number of things crowded or considered together: a throng of memories.

Chiefly Scot. pressure, as of work.

verb (used without object)

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

verb (used with object)

to crowd or press upon; jostle.

to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd: He thronged the picture with stars.

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

to fill by crowding or pressing into: They thronged the small room.

adjective Scot. and North England.

filled with people or objects; crowded.

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

SYNONYMS FOR throng

1 horde, host; assemblage.

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Origin of throng

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

synonym study for throng

1. See crowd¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM throng

in·ter·throng·ing, adjectiveo·ver·throng, verbun·thronged, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for throng

Protestors thronged the city squares of Novosibirsk and Irkutsk, where they chanted “We will not leave.”
Alexey Navalny Is Succeeding Where Putin's Other Opponents Have Failed. Why?|Michael Weiss|January 27, 2021|Time
You don’t want to screw it up by, say, arriving at the Grand Canyon’s South Rim in summer, amid the scorching Arizona heat and throngs of tourists, or trying to take a hike in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park in March without proper snow gear.
Your 2021 National Park Calendar|Megan Michelson|January 25, 2021|Outside Online
They chanted “USA” and “Four more years” as a continual stream of people stepped over downed police barricades and joined the throng.
Woman dies after shooting in U.S. Capitol; D.C. National Guard activated after mob breaches building|Washington Post Staff|January 7, 2021|Washington Post
The throng took a collective breath before retreating back behind their office doors.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane|Caitlin Dickson|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Cuomo shouted to the throng of elected officials gathered at the head of the parade.
Andrew Cuomo Can't Ignore It Now: He's Weak Even at Home|David Freedlander|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She said the drug bridge drew the predictable sensationalism from a press throng that took its drug use cues from tamer festivals.
A Report From the Misunderstood Gathering of the Juggalos|Steve Miller|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With that, he took a huff off a morning joint and moved into the throng of jovial patrons.
A Report From the Misunderstood Gathering of the Juggalos|Steve Miller|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I threaded my way through the silent throng of spectators, but was stopped at Fourth Street by a cordon of police.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Above, great standard electric lamps shed their white glare upon the eddying throng casting a myriad of grotesque shadows.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
It was eleven o'clock when he went out and joined the throng of people sunning themselves on the walk beside the lake.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Down in the hall a great throng of guests passed from the room into the garden and back again.
The Weight of the Crown|Fred M. White
Lamb worked his way up into the throng and got a glimpse of the other guy getting stiff on the backroom floor.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
A throng of young girls, gleaning, followed the reapers and raked up the ears that fell.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer

British Dictionary definitions for throng

throng

/ (θrɒŋ) /

noun

a great number of people or things crowded together

verb

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

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

adjective

Yorkshire dialect (postpositive) busy

Word Origin for throng

Old English gethrang; related to Old Norse throng, Old High German drangōd

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