English Dictionary
Definition of “throng”
throng (θrɒŋ
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Definitions
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
Old English gethrang; related to Old Norse throng, Old High German drangōd
Synonyms
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crowd,
mob,
horde,
press,
host,
pack,
mass,
crush,
jam,
congregation,
swarm,
multitude,
concourse,
assemblage,
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crowd,
flock,
congregate,
troop,
bunch,
herd,
cram,
converge,
hem in,
mill around,
swarm around
Usage examples
Danlo and Hanuman ejected their skate blades and pushed into the throng.
Zindell, David, The Broken God (1993)Hellebores, peonies, Epimedium and a host of other rare and beautiful plants throng its cunningly conceived borders and glades.
Country Life (2005)Some Monrovians barked comments and waved angrily as the US ambassador's car passed through the throng.
New Zealand Herald (2003)Many had driven hundreds of miles to join the throng queueing twice round the studio block at Brixton, South London.
Sun, News of the World (2002)In the dimness at the front of the chapel, before the altar, he could just make out a white-coated figure through the twisting throng.
James Herbert, James Herbert's Dark Places (1993)
