throng

Meanings

Noun

• A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
• A group of things; a host or swarm.

Verb

• To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
• To congregate.
• To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

Adjective

• Filled with persons or objects; crowded.
• Busy; hurried.

Origin

• From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō, from *þrangwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- ("to beat; pound; hew; press"). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge.