Definitions for throng

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Spelling: [thrawng, throng]

IPA: /θrɔŋ, θrɒŋ/

Throng is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in throng (ghnort).

Definitions for throng

noun

1. a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
2. a great number of things crowded or considered together:
3. Chiefly Scot. pressure, as of work.

adjective

1. filled with people or objects; crowded.
2. (of time) filled with things to do; busy.

verb (used with object)

1. to crowd or press upon; jostle.
2. to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd:
3. to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection.
4. to fill by crowding or pressing into:

verb (used without object)

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

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 obs

Examples for throng

Cuomo shouted to the throng of elected officials gathered at the head of the parade.

The throng took a collective breath before retreating back behind their office doors.

John watched her till she was lost in the throng on the veranda.

On arriving at 10 Downing Street she paused on the front step to address the throng of reporters.

However, Baron Suire again forced his way through the throng.

Choi surrounds her lovers with a throng of skillfully rendered supporting characters.

They shook hands, and Pierre at once tried to get out of the throng.

And this priest lost in the midst of the throng doubtless interested him.

With that, he took a huff off a morning joint and moved into the throng of jovial patrons.

So great was the pressure of the throng that men fainted and had to be carried out.