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thrang.

Busy, preoccupied.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈθɹæŋ//ˈθɹeɪ̯ŋ//ˈθɹɛ̃ŋ/

  1. Busy, preoccupied.

    Northern-England · Scotland · dialectal · rare

  2. Crowded, busy.

    Northern-England · Scotland · dialectal · rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”).

verb/ˈθɹæŋ//ˈθɹeɪ̯ŋ//ˈθɹɛ̃ŋ/

  1. To throng.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

From Middle English thrang, throng (“dense, thick, tight, constrictive”), cognate with Old Norse þrǫngr (“narrow, close, tight”). Related to English thring (“to press”).

verb/ˈθɹæŋ//ˈθɹeɪ̯ŋ//ˈθɹɛ̃ŋ/

  1. simple past of thring

    form-of · past
Where this word comes from

From thring (“to press, squeeze”).

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