Definitions
press tightly together or cram
Word origin
From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press, to push; to force”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”) and Persian ترنجیدن (Trenjidan, “to beat, to push”).
Used in a sentence
“Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng.”
“Perhaps you suppose this throng / Can't keep it up all day long?”
“I imagine throngs of people – well-dressed, sipping spritzes – in front of a boat that, to me, is a coffin which held 700 people.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Large crowd”6 letters
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