throng
pronunciation
How to pronounce throng in British English:
UK [θrɒŋ]
How to pronounce throng in American English:
US [θrɔːŋ]
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- Noun:
- a large gathering of people
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- Verb:
- press tightly together or cram
Word Origin
- throng
- throng: [13] The etymological notion underlying throng is of ‘pressing together’. It was borrowed from Old Norse throng ‘crowd’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *thringg- ‘press’ (source also of German drang ‘crowd, pressure’ and dringen ‘press’). Amongst its non-Germanic relatives is Old Persian thraxta- ‘closely-packed’.
- throng (n.)
- c. 1300, probably shortened from Old English geþrang "crowd, tumult" (related to verb þringan "to push, crowd, press"), from Proto-Germanic *thrangan (cognates: Old Norse þröng, Dutch drang, German Drang "crowd, throng").
- throng (v.)
- "go in a crowd," 1530s, from throng (n.). Earlier it meant "to press, crush" (c. 1400). Related: Thronged; thronging.
Example
- 1. Quickly , I squeezed through the ever-growing throng and climbed the stairs to the third floor .
- 2. The throng of journalists , lawyers and other interested parties that has descended on houston and chicago will have injected a good deal of money into the hospitality industry and also resulted in plenty of revenue for mobile phone companies .
- 3. Locals and expatriates alike throng world-class restaurants and nightclubs .
- 4. Hundreds of thousands throng the main square of an arab capital in a stunning show of defiance .
- 5. Tourists throng the place to get a glimpse of the ruins of this beautiful city .